Zarda Pulav Recipe (Rice Flavoured With Nuts And Saffron)

Step 1: To begin making the Zarda Pulav recipes, warm the milk in a saucepan, add saffron and keep it aside for an hour so that the flavour of saffron is properly absorbed in the milk

Step 2: Meanwhile, wash the rice with water properly

Step 3: Once washed properly, soak it in required amount of water for about half an hour

Step 4: Take 4 to 5 cups of water in a large saucepan, add one bay leaf and one black cardamom

Step 5: Allow the water to come to a boil

Step 6: Add a teaspoon of ghee and then add rice and gently stir it for 15 seconds

Step 7: Par boil the rice i

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Step 9: cook it till it is cooked approximately eighty percent

Step 10: (just as one would cook for layered biryani)

Step 11: Drain and sieve excess water in a colander and remove the rice on a wide plate to allow it to cool

Step 12: (If you leave it in the colander, the rice will keep cooking gently in its own heat)In a heavy bottomed pan (so that rice does not stick to each other while cooking), heat the ghee and stir fry the cashews, almonds and pistachios for a few seconds till golden in colour (you can roast instead of frying them if you wish to)

Step 13: Remove on an absorbent sheet

Step 14: In the same pan add cloves, black cardamom, bay leaf, green cardamom and cinnamon stick

Step 15: Allow the spices to become aromatic

Step 16: Add rice and very gently stir in the sugar along with saffron milk and cardamom powder {stir in gently so as not to break the rice grains}

Step 17: Cover the pot and allow the contents to cook on low heat for approximately 10 minutes

Step 18: Remove the pan from heat but do not open the lid of the pan

Step 19: Keep it covered till you are ready to serve

Step 20: Remove the lid and fluff the rice gently with a fork

Step 21: Serve hot, garnished with assorted nuts and if you may, add some dry coconut slices and raisins

Step 22: Serve Zarda Pulav along with Smoked Dal Makhani Dhaba Style Recipe, Paneer Butter Masala, Jeera Rice and Tawa Paratha for a special weekend meal or you can even make it for your Pot Luck parties