Sheer Khurma

Sheer Khurma

Just one more day and then Bakri Eid will be celebrated all over the World. I take this opportunity to wish my friends Eid Mubarak. Well, what is a celebration without something sweet and what is Eid without Sheer Khurma. This is a dish cooked in every house in Pakistan, Bangladesh and also in Muslim households of India. I have an affinity for this sweet, it is rich but not too much, moreover it is easy to make and barely takes time to prepare. So let's celebrate Eid with Sheer Khurma and pray for Peace worldwide.

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cooking Time      :  45 minutes
Difficulty              :  Very Easy
Serves                  :  4 - 6

Ingredients : 

1 litre Pure Milk

1 cup or as per taste Sugar

250 grams Vermicelli/Semiyan/Sevaiyyan

250 grams Pure Ghee/Clarified Butter (or just enough for frying the vermicelli into light golden brown)

3 pods Cardamom (green)

Dry Fruits such as Almonds (badam), Cashew nuts (kaju), Raisins (kish mish), Watermelon Seeds (tarbooz ke beenj), Musk Melon Seeds (kharbuze ke beenj), Charoli (chironji), Pistachios (pista), etc. Use what you like and as much as you want to for the final dressing.

Dates, Dry or Raw, for dressing.

 

Method :

 1) Break the vermicelli/semiya into manageable size.

 2) Fry this vermicelli or semiya in a thick bottomed dish in ghee on medium-low flame. The colour of the vermicelli should be light golden brown and even. Keep it aside.

 3) Bring milk to boil and stir continuously to reduce the quantity. This will take about 30 minutes.

 4) Add sugar, powdered cardamom and stir.

 5) Add the vermicelli/semiya to the milk and stir for few minutes till it is soft and cooked. Do not overcook. This will take 6-8 minutes

 6) Before serving, top it with the nuts, raisins, dates and maybe a speck of ghee

 7) Serve this as you like – hot, warm, room temp or chilled. Since it has ghee, it is better to avoid the colder version.