Three Colored Zarda

The rice in three colored zarda recipe is boiled in water with small green cardamom. Separate sugar syrup is prepared to add in to the rice with ghee, sugar, cloves, cardamom. People usually like to add orange, green and red color to the three colored zarda recipe. A small amount of arq e gulab is added to the recipe for a nice fragrance and traditional aroma. You can decorate three colored zarda with asharfi, colorful sweets, gulab jamun, khoya. Three colored zarda commonly known as mutanjan is one of the essence of Pakistani traditional cooking. Dish out hot zarda in a beautiful serving plate and then garnish with your favourite toppings. You can make three colored zarda on special occasions. Three colored zarda is also available at many restaurants but here we provide you with the authentic and relevant recipe from the best chefs of Pakistan.

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4 Servings
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Ingredients
• Basmati Rice 1/2 Kg
• Sugar 1/2 Kg
• Water 8 Cup
• Ghee 1/2 Cup
• Green Cardamom 6
• Clove 6
• Coconut Slices 1/2 Cup
• Khoya 1 Cup
• Almonds Sliced 2 Tbsp
• Pistachio Sliced 2 Tbsp
• Ashrafis Sliced Red 2 Tbsp
• Ashrafis Sliced Green 2 Tbsp
• Red Color Few Drops
• Green Color Few Drops
• Yellow Color Few Drops
How to make Three Colored Zarda

METHOD:

1) Soak 1/2 kg rice for half an hour, boil 8 cups water with salt, 6 green cardamoms and 6 cloves.

2) Add rice and cook till nearly done, drain and keep aside.

3) In a pan put 1/2 cup of ghee with 1 cup water and 1/2 kg sugar and cook, stirring until the sugar dissolves and turns into a thick syrup.

4) When the syrup starts to boil add in boiled rice along with 2 tbsp sliced almonds and 2 tbsp sliced pistachios.

5) Cover pan and cook on a medium flame, open lid after 5 minutes, when the syrup starts to dry, lower flame add in all the three colors, simmer for 10 minutes.

6) Lastly sprinkle 1 cup Khoya and 2 tbsp green and red color.
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Reviews & Comments

This seems to be very difficult but really is not. Three colored zarda is very easy to make and a very pocket-friendly dessert also.

  • Abeer, Lahore

This is a great recipe!! I made a few minor changes and substituted the 1 cup of whole milk with evaporated milk and used sweetened condensed milk for garnishing three colored rice. I made it for a crowd and all it got eaten.

  • Mehnaz, Multan

very easy recipe for zarda, and very different from others as well, it's just that good quality colors should be used in it. I added gulaab jamun into it too. Made it more sweet and tasty. My family loved this Three colored zarda.

  • Habeeba, Qatar

The three-colored zarda never fails to cheer me or anyone my family members up when they are down. The secret is the delicious sweetness, the colorfulness of the rice really helps bring out the cheerfulness.

  • Mary , karachi

Three colored zarda is the coolest dish that I have come across so far and I can't believe i will be making it today. Wish me luck.

  • Sahliha, larkana