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Zaffrani Pulao Recipe
How to make Zaffrani Pulao
Rice cooked with saffron infused milk, jaggery, nuts and ghee. The sweetness and nuttiness of the rice is absolutely divine.
- Total Cook Time 55 mins
- Prep Time 15 mins
- Cook Time 40 mins
- Recipe Servings5
- Easy
Ingredients of Zaffrani Pulao
- 1/2 cup basmati rice cooked
- 1/4 cup ghee
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup cashew nuts
- 1/4 cup chironji seeds
- A few saffron strands
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup jaggery
How to Make Zaffrani Pulao
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Heat a deep, heavy cooking vessel and add the ghee. Once the ghee is hot add the dry fruits and fry them until they are a lovely, rich golden in color.
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Now, add the cooked rice in the ghee until all of the rice is richly coated with the ghee and dry fruit.
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Heat the milk until tepid, add the saffron and leave to infuse in the milk until it is rich saffron yellow in color.
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Add the jaggery to the rice, turn down the heat and cook gently until the jaggery has metled and has sweetened the rice with its rich, deep sweetness.
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Finally add the saffron infused milk, turn up the heat and cook, stirring gently until the rice is a lovely light yellow in color and the whole dish is delicately infused with the flavor and aroma of the saffron.
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Add the butter, stir once or twice more and serve hot.