Ingredients

• 2 cups - basmati rice (or long grained rice)
• 1 cup - sugar
• 2 cups - water
• 1/2 cup - milk
• 3 - cloves
• 2 inch - cinnamon stick
• 3 - green cardamoms
• 3 tsp - ghee
• 6 -- pistachios
• 6 - almonds
• Few - saffron strands
• Pinch - yellow food colour

How to Make Zarda -Kashmiri Sweet Rice

• Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes.
• In a pan, take sugar with enough water to cover it, and make a sugar syrup.
• In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the ghee, add the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.
• Fry for few minutes.
• Add the drained rice and 2 cups of water.
• Once the water starts drying, add the sugar syrup, milk, yellow food colour and saffron strands.
• Cover and cook on simmer.
• Heat a teaspoon of ghee and roast half the nuts.
• Add it to the cooking rice.
• Once the rice is cooked, take off the heat.
• Recipe courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipe