Sheer Khurma

Name: Sheer Khurma
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Mughlai (Delhi & Lahore)
Ingredients: 1.5 full-fat milk; 100 g fine vermicelli (seviyan); 100 g dried dates (chuhara) + dates; 100 g pistachio, almond, cashew; cardamom, saffron, sugar

The dish of Eid morning across the subcontinent: fine vermicelli simmered in milk reduced with dates, nuts, and cardamom until fragrant and golden — literally "milk with dates," eaten before anything else on Eid al-Fitr.

1 hr · Serves 8 · Easy

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Ingredients

Base

1.5 full-fat milk
100 gfine vermicelli (seviyan), roasted in ghee
100 gdried dates (chuhara) + dates

Nuts

100 gpistachio, almond, cashew

Flavour

cardamom, saffron, sugar

Method

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Time: Prep 15 min · Cook 45 min · 60 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Roast the fine vermicelli in ghee until fragrant and golden.
8 min
2
Reduce milk with dates, nuts, cardamom, and saffron.
30 min
3
Add the roasted vermicelli and sugar; simmer until thickened and fragrant.
15 min