Sheer Khurma

Sheer Khurma

Sheer Khurma

Serving: 4-5 persons

Shahi Sheer Khurma: English – Urdu Recipe

Ingrediants:

1. 1 liter of milk (or 2 cups of powder milk dissolved in 12 cups of water)
2. 4 tbs. sugar
3. 5-6 green cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi) seeds
4. 1/4 cup chopped pistachios (Pistay)
5. 1/2 cup chopped coconut (Narial)-dried
6. 1/2 cup chopped almond (Badam)
7. 1/4 cup raisins (Kishmish)
8. 1/4 cup chopped dried dates (Chhuwaray)
9. 1 hand full of vermicelli (sewayyan)
10. 1 tsp. Kewra essence

Instructions:

• Wash the dry fruit and soak in a little milk for 3-4 hours.
• In a pot add milk, sugar and ilaichi seeds and simmer on low heat until it starts to thicken.
• Add the vermicelli and keep cooking till it softens.
• Add the presoaked dry fruit and cook for 5 minutes and just before removing from heat add the kewra essence.
• Can be served hot or chilled.