Today I post Sheer Khurma on the very special
day of Ramadan which is very popular and authentic recipe from Mughal cuisines.
For this recipe, you have to cook fried vermicelli in milk with lots of dry
nuts, cardamom and saffron. It’s a royal treat for the celebration of Eid, Ramadan.
Sheer khorma or Sheer khurma literally “milk
with dates” in Urdu is a festival vermicelli pudding prepared by Muslims on
Eid-ul-Fitr in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It’s a traditional Muslim
Festive breakfast, and dessert for celebrations. Sheer is Persian for milk and
khurma is Persian for dates. This dish is made from dried date. This special
dish is served on the morning of Eid day in the family after the Eid prayer as
breakfast, and throughout the day to all the visiting guests.
Ramadanis theninth
monthof theIslamic calendar;Muslimsworldwide observe this as a month offasting.This annual observance is regarded as
one of theFive Pillars of Islam.The month lasts 29–30 days based on
the visual sightings of thecrescent
moon, according to numerous biographical accounts compiled inhadiths.The word Ramadan comes from the Arabic
rootramidaorar-ramad,which means scorching heat or dryness.Fasting is fardh(obligatory) for adult Muslims, except
those who are ill, travelling, pregnant,diabeticor going throughmenstrual bleeding.
The
Muslim holiday ofEid ul- Fitr, sometimes spelled in
English asEid al-Fitr, marks the end of Ramadan
and the beginning of the next lunar month calledShawwalin Arabic. This first day of the
following month is declared after another crescentnew moonhas been sighted or the completion of
30 days of fasting if no visual sighting is possible due to weather conditions.
This first day ofShawwalis calledEid
ul- Fitr.Eid Ul- Fitrmay also be a reference towards the
festive nature of having endured the month of fasting successfully and
returning to the more natural disposition of being able to eat, drink and
resume intimacy with spouses during the day.
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Cooking time: 20-25 Minutes
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
2 Cup Full Cream Milk
1/4 Cup Vermicelli
2 Tbsp. Clarifying Butter
1/4 Cup Sugar
1 Tsp. Cardamom powder
5-6 Cashews, Chopped
1 Tbsp. Pistachios, Chopped
10-12 Raisins
5-6 Almonds, Chopped
2 Tbsp. Desiccated Coconut Powder
Few Strands Saffron
1 Tsp. Rose Water
Direction:
Boil the milk till 3/4 in
quantity. Heat the ghee in pan on low flame and fry the vermicelli till to
golden in color. Add the hot milk in vermicelli pan and cook for 10- 12
minutes. Add chopped nuts, raisins, cardamom powder, coconut powder, rose water
and saffron and cook again for 10 minutes. Add sugar and cook on low flame till
to sugar dissolve completely and look little in thick consistency. Garnish with
chopped nuts and raisins. Serve hot or chilled as you like.
Notes:
You can garnish with rose
petals and silver varq too.
You can add date for natural
sweetness, for this you have to soak the chopped and seedless dates in water
for few hours and boil with milk.
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