Zarda

Ingredients
Rice 3 cups
1/4 tspn yellow food coloring

3 cups sugar
1 cup milk (can use water)
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/4 cup pistachios
1/4 tspn salt
8-10 green cardamon
8 cloves
1/3 cup oil
1 tbsp dried orange peel rehydrate in water
1.5 tspn kewra

Optional mini mithai - gulab jaman, koya, mini chum chum, sliced coconut, walnut, golden raisins, cranberry for mutajan, boiled eggs, for decoration

Directions
Boil rice with yellow good coloring and 1/4 tspn salt. Cook as normal and strain.

In a non stick pot, add oil, lightly saute cloves and cardamon. Then add sugar and milk on reduced heat until sugar is dissolved. Keep sugar and rice ratio equal.

Add in rice and coat with milk without breaking rice. Add in remaining ingredients and orange peel. Put on low heat add kewra with lid for 25 minutes or as needed.

Serve with optional toppings.

Note: For tri color Zarda cook rice without  yellow color. Then add three colors with kewra in separate corners of pot.

Note: For Mutanjan, once trip color zarda is ready for color add on one side 1/4 cup lamb/Goat stock and break meat into smaller bite size pieces (1lb). Serve hot or cold as preferred.