1. Wash and soak rice for 30 minutes

2. Heat 750 ml water in a pan and add the rice along with saffron food color. Cook until rice becomes semi-soft.

3. Strain and spread over a platter. 

4. Make a thin syrup with sugar and 250 ml water. Keep aside.

5. Heat ghee in a pan and add cardamom, clove, raisin, and cashew.

6. Now add boiled rice and pour syrup. Mix gently.

7. Boil for 5 minutes

8. Reduce flame and simmer for 10-15 minutes

9. Crush the khoya and add to the rice when all moisture is evaporated.

10. Mix gently with a spatula, remove from fire and serve hot.

Note 1: If you can't find khoya, or don't know what it is, you can omit it. I don't mind not having it, so neither should you :)

Note 2: Saffron food color is just regular food color. You don't really get exact saffron color always, so use orange food color instead.