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Zarda
meethe chawal, zarda pulao, sweet rice, زردہ
Zarda (hindi: ज़र्दा, urdu: زردہ, bengali: জর্দা ) is a traditional boiled sweet rice dish, native to the indian subcontinent, made with saffron, milk and sugar, and flavoured with cardamoms, raisins, pistachios or almonds. the name zarda comes from persian word 'zard' زرد meaning 'yellow', hence named since the food coloring added to the rice gives it a yellow color. zarda is typically served after a meal. in the indian subcontinent, zarda was and still remains a popular dessert on special occasions such as weddings. it is quite similar to sholezard, a traditional iranian dessert, and zerde, a traditional turkish dessert. often in pakistan, instead of yellow food coloring, multiple food...
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