Sheer Khurma is an Eid special sweet made with roasted vermicelli, milk, and dates. Sheer means milk pudding and khurma mean dates. You can also skip the sugar in the recipe and use only dates as the sweetener!
½cupdried nuts, crushed (I used almonds, pistachio, and cashew nuts)
Instructions
Soak dates in warm water overnight (or at least for 3-4 hours until they become soft to cut). Remove seeds and cut the dates into small pieces.
Boil the dates in 1 cup of milk, till the milk is reduced completely. The dates will absorb all the milk and become very soft.
Boil the remaining milk in a thick bottomed pan. Remove two tbsp milk in a small bowl and add the saffron to it.
Reduce the heat and keep the milk on low flame for about 40 mins until it is thick enough. Keep stirring the milk in between to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
Add condensed milk.
In a separate pan, add 2 tbsps of ghee, cardamoms and vermicelli. Fry for just a minute till the vermicelli is light brown.*
Add the roasted vermicelli to the boiling milk and cook for 10 minutes
Add sugar and cook for 2-3 minutes until the sugar dissolves. (Adjust sugar according to taste. The condensed milk is also sweet so you might want to taste the milk before adding sugar)
Add the saffron milk and about ¼ cup of dry fruits and half the dates. Cook for 2-3 minutes
Remove from heat
Garnish with remaining dry fruits and dates.
Serve warm (some like it cold as well, so you might want to keep some in fridge also!)
Notes
If using roasted vermicelli, you might skip this step, but I still fry for about half a minute because the ghee and cardamom give a warm flavor to the vermicelli