Zarda

Ingredients:
Sehla rice (soaked)__________________________ 2cups
Sugar___________________________________1 cup
Dried whole milk___________________________250 grams
Compote________________________________100 grams
Clarified butter____________________________6 tbsp
Cinnamon________________________________6 tbsp
Cloves___________________________________4 to 5
Yellow food coloring_________________________1 pinch
Screw pine_______________________________ few drops
Dried fruit________________________________as required
(Of your own choice)

Method:

• • Put a cup of water in a pot and add 1 cup sugar to it. Cook it on high flame for 5-7 minutes to make sugar syrup.

• • Heat clarified butter in a separate pot; add cinnamon and cloves to it. When it starts to give a fragrance, add rice that has been socked for at least 2 hours, and equal amount of water.

• • Cover the pot with a lid. When rice starts to dry, add sugar syrup and half the dried whole milk. Add half the pot with a lid.

• • Rice on dum for 10 minutes.

• • Take Zarda out in a dish; garnish with the remaining dried whole milk, compote and dried fruits before serving.