Jardo (sweet rice)
Jardo 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.
Ingredients
- 1,1/4 cups rice,washed and soaked for1/2 hours
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 25 grams sultanas
- 50 grams silvered almonds
- 1/2 teaspoon yellow coloring
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom seeds
- pinch of saffron
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 2 pods of cardamom
Instructions
- Boil some water, add 1/2 the colouring and drained rice; once the rice is cooked, drain in a colander and run it with cold water to avoid it slicking then return it the saucepan
- In another saucepan put ,h cup of water, sugar, cardamom seeds, saffron am the remaining colour
- Boater approximately 5 minutes until the sugar melts
- Add this syrup to the rice and mix with a wooden spoon. Cook further on low heat until syrup is almost absorbed
- Melt the butter; add the cinnamon, cardamom pods and sultanas
- Add all of this to the rice and leave it on low heat or in a hot oven (switched off) for 30 minutes
- Decorate with silvered almonds before serving