Ingredients

• 1 cup - basmati rice
• 200 g - jaggery (gur)
• 2 tbsp - oil/ghee
• 8 - cashew nuts
• 8 - raisins
• 1/2 tsp - fennel seeds
• 1 tsp - ajwain
• 1 tbsp - coconut milk
• 1 tsp - desiccated coconut
• 2 - cardamom pods
• 1 tbsp - sugar
• 2.5 cups - water

How to Make Gur Zarda

• Wash and soak the rice for 30 mins.
• Boil the, ajwain, fennel seeds and jaggery in 2.5 cups water.
• In a heavy bottom pan, heat the oil or ghee.
• Add cashew nuts, raisins and coconut and stir fry for 1/2 a minute.
• Drain the rice and add to the pan and fry for 1 minute.
• Add boiled jaggery water to the rice and add the cardamoms.
• Add sugar and coconut milk. Let it boil.
• When the rice is half-cooked, cover the pan.
• Let the rice cook completely.
• Add a bit of water if required.
• Serve hot topped with ghee or 1/2 cup warm milk.