Sheer Khurma | Vermicelli and Milk Dessert
Sheer Khurma is a traditional dessert made by cooking roasted nuts, dry fruits, and vermicelli in milk infused with flavors of saffron, cardamom, and rose.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- ½ liter fresh milk
- ¼ cup crushed vermicelli thin
- ¼ cup sugar as per choice
- ¼ cup almonds
- ¼ cup pistachio
- 2 tablespoon chironji/charoli
- 3 green cardamom
- 2 tablespoon rose water
- Pinch of saffron
- 4 dates sliced
- 2 tablespoon ghee clarified butter
Instructions
- Soak almonds & pistachios overnight so that they puff up and it is easier to slice them. Peel the nuts and finely slice.
- Take and pinch of saffron in a small bowl. Pour 2 tablespoons of hot milk on it and crush it slightly. Set aside for a few minutes.
- Take a saucepan and heat milk until it is hot. There is no need to boil it. Set aside and keep warm.
- Heat another saucepan and add ghee. Then add finely sliced nuts and fry till light golden. Remove in a plate and in the same saucepan, add vermicelli, and roast till the color changes slightly. Add more ghee if needed.
- Now add hot milk and stir gently, followed by sugar, cardamom, rose water, soaked saffron with its milk.
- Finally, add fried nuts and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes or until the dessert starts to boil.
- Turn off the gas and serve warm garnished with chopped dates.