Zarda
A short home-style guide to Zarda. Basics like salt, oil, haldi, red chilli, cumin, garam masala, ginger-garlic, vinegar, chilli sauce and ketchup are assumed.
Ingredients
- Rice (Chawal)No rice? Use any other rice, or broken rice (cooks faster).
- Sugar (Cheeni)No sugar? Use jaggery (gur) or honey, added gradually.
- Butter (Makhan)No butter? Use ghee or oil.
Method
- Boil rice with whole spices until mostly cooked.
- Add sugar, yellow colour and ghee or butter, cover and steam on low until sweet and fluffy.