Sheer Khurma | How to make Sheer Khurma
Sheer Khurma (literally "milk with dates") is a traditional South Asian dessert, especially popular during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Fitr or Ramadan as popularly known.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup thin Vermicelli
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 2 Cups Milk boiled
- 1/4 cup Cashew nuts
- 1/4 cup Almonds
- 1/4 cup Pistachios
- 1/4 cup Chironjee
- 1/4 cup Dates
- 2 tbsp Ghee
Instructions
- Soak chironjee, almonds and pistachios in water for half an hour.
- Remove the skin of them and chop them.
- Chop cashew and dates also.
- Heat ghee in a pan, fry chironjee, almonds, pistachios and cashew.
- Fry them till the aroma come out.
- Keep them aside.
- Again heat ghee in the same pan and fry dates.
- Keep them also aside.
- Heat ghee in another pan, add thin vermicelli.
- Fry it till it changes it turns golden yellow.
- Add little water to stop further cooking.
- Add sugar and mix it well.
- Add milk, we can add boiled milk too.
- Allow the milk boil for 5 minutes or till the vermicelli cooked well.
- Keep stirring occasionally.
- Add fried dry fruits and dates also.
- Add only half portion of them, keep the remaining aside for further use.
- Let them cook well in the milk for another 5 minutes on a low flame.
- Switch off the flame.
- Serve sheer khurma hot or chill.