Sheer kurma or seviyan kheer

April 13, 2025

Sheer kurma or seviyan kheer

Sheer kurma is a desert specially made on the occasion of Eid. It is made of vermicelli cooked in milk with lot of dry fruits and nuts of your choice.

Vermicelli (fine) : 100 gms

Ghee : 2 tblsp

Water : 1 cup

Milk : 1.5 ltr

Sugar : 3/4 cup

Poppy seeds : 1 tblsp

Cardamoms : 6

Cloves : 10

Nutmeg : 1/8 piece

Cashew nuts : 1/4 cup

Melon seeds : 2 tblsp

Raisins : 2 tblsp

Saffron : a pinch

Rose water : 1 tblsp

Procedure :

Lightly warm up the cardamom and cloves and put aside. Then put in the poppy seeds and dry roast them for a minute until it releases it's aroma.

Put a tablespoon of ghee into the pot and fry the chopped nuts, melon seeds and raisins. Fry the raisins only until it gets a few white blisters on their skin, don't let them swell up or else they will taste bland. The transfer them into a bowl.

Put another tablespoon of ghee into the pot and fry the vermicelli until it gets a golden colour.

Then add 1 cup boiling water to the vermicelli and let them soak the water.

Boil milk in another pot.

Meanwhile, powder the roasted spices along with 1/2 cup sugar and make a fine powder.

Put the powdered spices and sugar into the cooked vermicelli and mix it well. You could also add in the fried dry fruits and nuts now or in the end.

Mix it well, until you don't see any sugar lumps.

Then pour in the boiled milk and let it come to a boil. You should have a homogeneous consistency. Finally add in some saffron strands and rose water for flavour.