Sheer Khurma

Swati

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Ingredients

1½ l Milk Full Fat Milk
70 g Seviyan Long and thin vermicelli
¼ cup Chopped Nuts Almonds, Cashew nuts , Pistachios
¼ cup Dried or firm Dates
1-2 tbsp Raisins or Cranberries
2 tbsp Grated Coconut
3-4 Cloves
3-4 Green cardamom Choti Elaichi
1 tsp Green Cardamom Powder
2-3 tbsp Desi Ghee use as required
Sugar as required

Instructions

Chop the nuts and dates. Try chopping vertically as it the characteristic way of adding chopped nuts in the recipe.
¼ cup Chopped Nuts
In a pan, add 1 tsp ghee then add cloves and green cardamom.
3-4 Cloves, 3-4 Green cardamom
Then add milk and keep it to boil on low flame. After 2-3 mins. of one boil, add chopped dates. Boil till it reduces to half. Keep on stirring in between.
1½ l Milk, ¼ cup Dried or firm Dates
Meanwhile, in another pan add 2 tsp ghee and roast vermicelli till is starts giving roasted aroma and turns brown. I already had roasted seviyan but I roasted it for a min. to get the typical desi ghee flavour.
2-3 tbsp Desi Ghee, 70 g Seviyan
Next roast the nuts, raisins (if using) or cranberries. Roast nuts till it gives roasted aroma and raisins puff up. Keep the flame to low as the nuts may burn if on high flame.
1-2 tbsp Raisins or Cranberries, ¼ cup Chopped Nuts
When milk is reduced to half, add roasted vermicelli and nuts.
Cook for another 5-10 mins. or till it starts to thicken. Do not cook to a very thick consistency, as it thickens on cooling. Switch off the gas.
Add cardamom powder and then sugar. Add and mix sugar.
1 tsp Green Cardamom Powder, Sugar
Cook for another 1-2 mins. and then switch off the gas.
Garnish with toasted coconut(grated/flakes). Top it with more nuts and dried rose petals and serve hot or chilled.
2 tbsp Grated Coconut

Notes

Ghee lends a unique flavour and aroma to khorma but due to any health reasons if you avoid ghee in your diet you can skip it. Roast vermicelli in very little or or altogether skip it and dry roast the nuts and vermicelli.

Make Vegan Sheer Khurma by substituting Dairy Milk with any plant milk like Coconut or Almond Milk. The taste and texture will differ. It will taste more of the type of plant milk that you will use.