Ami's Zarda

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Nice yellow fluffy rice with almonds, sugar and raisins. This is my mom's famous recipe. it's different from the traditional zarda with lots of oil and sugar. Saving it here for my coming generations.

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Steps

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Take a coffee mug fill it with water and add almonds to it and then put it in the microwave for 2 min , this will make it easier for you to take the skin off , cut them length wise across.

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Keep aside.

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Take another coffee mug , fill it with water and add raisins to it and place it in microwave for 1 minute drain the water and keep aside.

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For rice: put 4 cups of water in a sauce pan , add 3 cardamoms and food color , bring to boil , add the rice in.

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Keep the heat on high.

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When rice is half way cooked turn the heat off and drain the water.

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Keep the rice aside.

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(in order to know if the rice is half cooked , with a spoon take three grains of rice and you will notice three lines in the middle of the grain.

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This means that the rice is half cooked.

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In a separate sauce pan , heat the oil , break 5 cardamoms add them in , cook for few seconds , add little less than cup of water cover the sauce pan with lid as soon as you add water.

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Then add sugar and stir around till its well dissolv.

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Ingredients

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rice, water, almonds, raisins, food coloring, cardamoms, sugar, oil