Zarda

 

Today I am grateful for and comprehend the worth of zarda in our cuisine. Zarda is a sweet dish and is mostly eaten in the Indo-Pak region. It is prepared and eaten regardless of all socioeconomic status. Zarda is popular and eaten in all age groups and is an evergreen sweet dish. Personally, I am a foodie person, love to cook and love to eat. I appreciate zarda's significance for a variety of reasons, for instance:

• Zarda is the legendary and traditional sweet dish since the era of Nawab in Hindustan, before partition in 1947

• It is prepared with sella rice for the best results. Sella rice necessitates special techniques to prepare, for instance, before cooking, it is soaked in water for at least 2 to 4 hours for the best results

• Zarda is made with sella rice, sugar, green cardamom, clove, clarified butter, khoya, dry fruits, gulab jamun and colourful asharfi

• Zarda is the finest version of gur wale rice with added dry fruits, khoya and nuts. If meat is added in zarda, for instance, chicken, beef, or mutton, it is called mutangen and it tastes sweet and salty. If it is prepared without orange colour, it is called white zarda. Traditional zarda is dark orange in colour

• The culture and manner of eating zarda are to blend or mix with pulao and then eat. It tastes really yummy and has a sweet-salty punch of flavour to the palate

• Nowadays, zarda is eaten and being served with pulao, biryani and qorma. It is eaten with pulao or after biryani as a sweet dish

• It is part of a variety of ceremonies and occasions, for instance, weddings, engagement, parties, get to gather, aqeeqa, Eid or whenever you have a mood to eat it

• Zarda is distributed in the month of Rabul Awal with the community to celebrate the festivities of that month

• I have a substantial heartfelt connection with zarda, it strikes me delight, pleasure and intense satisfaction while eaten with mutton pulao. I prepare zarda with brown sugar even white ones too. The above picture is the white zarda made with brown sugar. Its taste and aroma is beyond explanation

• This is my incredible journey and in-depth understanding with zarda, what is yours? is the thought of the day

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