Sheer khurma/ Sheer khorma is a delicious dessert prepared with vermicelli, milk and lots of nuts. This easy and quick to make dessert/ sweet plays an integral part of EID, yes the festival is fulfilled only when this sweet is tasted. Whenever the name of this pudding/ dessert is called for only 2 things come in the mind one is MILK and the other one is DATES from where all the taste comes from. This recipe uses thin vermicelli/ nylon vermicelli for its making since I dint have that at home I prepared this recipe with regular roasted vermicelli , which also tastes good. So try making this exquisite dessert at home for this EID and fall in deep love with it. So lets get to the making!
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- 1. Vermicelli/ Seviyan – ½ cup
- 2. Whole milk – 2 cups (Full cream/ Full fat)
- 3. Water – ½ cup
- 4. Chopped nuts – ½ cup (cashews, almonds, pistachios, charmagaz, chiroli)
- 5. Dates – 4
- 6. Raisins – 1 tsp
- 7. Ghee – 1 tbsp
- 8. Sugar – ½ cup
- * 1 cup = 235 ml
- Heat ghee in a small pan, add chopped nuts, raisins and date. Roast it for a minute in low to medium flame.
- After a minute remove the nuts from the pan to a plate/ bowl. Now in the same pan add 1 tsp ghee and vermicelli. Roast it for few seconds. I used roasted vermicelli so I skipped this step. Now add water and mix well. Allow it to boil well. When vermicelli looks cooked add milk and mix well.Allow it to boil well.
- When the mixture starts to boil add sugar, cardamom powder and the ghee fried nuts. Give it a stir and allow the mixture to boil well until everything is combined really well. Now put off the flame. Serve it warm/ chilled!
How to make sheer khurma with step by step images

- Chop all the nuts, raisins and dates finely. Now heat 1 tbsp ghee in a small pan, add chopped nuts, raisins and date. Roast it for a minute in low to medium flame. After a minute remove the nuts from the pan to a plate/ bowl.
- Now in the same pan add 1 tsp ghee and vermicelli. Roast it for few seconds. I used roasted vermicelli so I skipped this step. Now add water and mix well. Allow the vermicelli to cook well.
- When vermicelli looks cooked add milk and mix well. Allow it to boil well. When the mixture starts to boil add sugar, cardamom powder and the ghee fried nuts.
- Give it a stir and allow the mixture to boil well until everything is combined really well. Now put off the flame. Serve it warm/ chilled!
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