"SLC-S25/W1 | Community World Tour : Traditional Cuisine"

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How are you all? I hope you are well. I am also fine by the grace of Allah. Today, I have come to participate in the first week of the Steemit Challenge SLC-S25/W1, organized by the Honorable Teacher @kouba01 sir. As a student, I am eager to participate and learn a great deal from the challenges. And I feel proud to participate in this challenge.

History of Bangladeshi traditional food Zorda

Bangladesh has been famous for its delicious food since before the Mughal Empire. Especially since the time of the Mughal emperors, new items have been included in the food. What were the favorite foods of the emperors? After the era of the emperors had passed, these foods have become very popular in our society. We cook those foods on special occasions and enjoy them. To put it simply, the foods prepared for the emperors have become the main food of our special occasions. Now, without these foods, we cannot imagine any guest reception. Especially, this food is more famous in old Dhaka. The people of old Dhaka are known as food lovers. The name of the traditional food is Zorda.

Dating back to the Mughal, Zarda had a variation with an addition of small fried sweetmeat pieces called 'mutanjan'. This dish was a favorite of Emperor Shahjahan. he often made on his request. This rice dish was made for guests at special banquets. That traditional food is also running all over the country in any traditional occasion.
birthday, wedding ceremony, seminar. After the main meal on special occasions, the food without which the full taste of the food cannot be obtained is Zorda. We usually take Jorda as a dessert after the meal. It is a very delicious, colorful food. Be it any event in any part of Bangladesh, whatever the other items of food, Zorda is always there as a dessert.

Zarda is a very delicious food. This food is made with a mixture of rice, ghee, raisins, almonds, cashews, food-grade Zarda color, and many more items. To make the food more delicious, special sweets, marmalade, etc., are also added for Jarda.
It is said that Jarda plays an important role in achieving the satisfaction of the guests.
Today, when I think of the historical food of my country, Jarda comes to mind first. There is no Bengali who has not tasted its mind-blowing taste. And has not been satisfied after eating it.

Today, I have come to you with the Jarda of our country.Now I will show you how to make historical zarda, and for that I will need.

⭐️Ingredients to make the Traditional Zarda: -⭐️

Polau rice	150 grams
Sugar	250 grams
Jarda sweet	200 grams
Ghee	4 tablespoons
Jarda color	1 tablespoon
Morabba	200 grams
Raisins	35-40 pieces
Wood nuts	4 pieces
Cashew nuts	4 pieces
Pesta nuts	15-20 pieces
Cardamom	4 pieces
Cinnamon( small pieces)	4 pieces
long	4 pieces
bay leaf	1 piece

⭐️Traditional zarda tutorial⭐️

🔸Step:-01🔸

• First, I wash the Zarda rice well and drain the water.
• At the same time, I add 1 teaspoon of Zarda color to it by adding water in a saucepan. Here, you have to take care that the zarda should be mixed with light water. Otherwise, the zarda will curdle.
• Now I give the zarda rice washed in the zarda water.

🔸Step:-02🔸

• I let the rice boil for a while, and when the rice is half-cooked, I drain the rice from the water.

🔸Step:-03🔸

• In the meantime, I chop the cashew nuts, walnuts, pistachios, and marmalade into small pieces.
• Now I add 3 spoons of ghee to a saucepan.

🔸Step:-04🔸

• When the ghee is hot, I add the bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom one by one and stir well.

🔸Step:-05🔸

• Now I add 200 grams of sugar to the saucepan.
• The sugar melts, I stir frequently so that it does not stick to the bottom of the saucepan.

🔸Step:-06🔸

• Now I add the strained polao rice.
• I stir the polao rice well in the masala and sugar syrup.

🔸Step:-07🔸

• I cover the zarda rice saucepan with a lid.
• I remove the lid every and then and shake the rice.

🔸Step:-08🔸

• I cook it on medium heat for 10 minutes. I also keep an eye on whether my rice is completely cooked.
• When the rice is cooked, I add the chopped marmalade, walnuts, cashews, and pistachios, after that I mix all the items well.

🔸Step:-09🔸

• My zarda is ready. Now I pour the zarda from the saucepan onto a plate.

🔸Step:-10🔸

• Now I decorate my zarda with the special sweets for zarda.

🔸Step:-11🔸

• Now I write my name on a paper and take a picture to present on Steemit.

🔸Step:-12🔸

• Now I take a picture of myself with the historical zarda.
  

Now I am determining the geographical location of the food I have prepared. Although this food is equally appreciated all over Bangladesh, it is still in Old Dhaka for special dishes. The residents of Old Dhaka are counted as the original citizens of Dhaka. And everyone knows them as food lovers. So today I have determined the location of my food as Old Dhaka, which is called Lalbagh district.

💁‍♂ Location on Steem Atlas map :[//]:# (!steematlas 23.61102553 lat 90.47241211 long Traditional food "Zarda" Dhaka Bangladesh d3scr)

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In this context, there is a popular proverb in our country - If you can't arrange zarda, then you should not invite.

Video of my Zarda tutorial