Zardha Pulav

Ingredients :

• Basmathi rice - 1 cup
• Cardamom - 3to 4
• Pure ghee - 3 tbl. sps.
• Kesari powder - 1 / 4 tsp
• Milk - 1 / 4 cup
• Water - 1 1 / 2 cup
• Sugar - 1 / 2 cup
• Peeled almonds - 5to 6
• Broken walnuts - 1 tsp
• Rose water - 1 1 / 2 tsp
• Sweetles khova - 100 gms.
• Powdered sugar - 2 tsp

Method :

Wash and soak rice for half an hour. Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel, add cardamoms and fry for a minute. Add 1 1 / 2 cups of water with kesari powder. When it starts boiling add rice and hot milk. Close the vessel and cook in low flame till rice becomes tender. Make a thick sugar syrup by dissolving it in 1 / 2 cup of water and boiling it, crumble khova and powdered sugar, rose water, finely chopped nuts. When rice is cooked and moisture is evaporated add sugar syrup and khova mixture. Mix gently and cook in low flame for 10 to 12 minutes till moisture dries up. Arrange in a serving plate and garnish with kesar and chopped nuts. Enjoy your yummy zardha pulav.