Three Colored Zarda

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg Basmati rice 
• 1/2 kg Sugar
• 8cup Water 
• 1/2cup Ghee
• 6 Green cardamom
• 6 Clove 
• 1/2cup Coconut slices
• 1cup Khoya 
• 2 tbsp Almonds sliced
• 2 tbsp Pistachio sliced
• 2 tbsp Ashrafis sliced red 
• 2 tbsp Ashrafis sliced green
• few drops Red color
• few drops Green color
• few drops Yellow color 

Method

Soak 1/2 kg rice for half an hour, boil 8 cups water with salt, 6 green cardamoms and 6 cloves, add rice and cook till nearly done, drain and keep aside, in a pan put 1/2 cup ghee with 1 cup water and 1/2 kg sugar and cook, stirring until the sugar dissolves and turns into a thick syrup, when the syrup starts to boil add in boiled rice along with 2 tbsp sliced almonds and 2 tbsp sliced pistachioes, 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, lastly sprinkle 1 cup khoya and 2 tbsp green and red color ashrafis & Serve.

Three Colored Zarda