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Sheer Khurma-Sheer Korma Recipe-How to make Sheer Khorma

July 23, 2014 by PadhuSankar 7 Comments

Sheer Khorma or Sheer Khurma according to Wikipedia means milk with dates. It is a festival vermicelli pudding prepared on Eid ul-Fitr. Sheer is Persian for milk and Khurma is Persian for dates. 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. It is prepared with whole milk, very thin vermicelli, dates, saffron and lot of nuts. Rose water or kewra essence is also added. This recipe is from my dear friend. She has also given me the recipe for Ramadan nombu kanji which I am yet to try. For the past few days, I am having nombu kanji for dinner which my Muslim friends bring it for me as I am a big fan of it. Today we will learn how to make Sheer Khurma  following this easy recipe with step wise pictures. 

Sheer Korma Recipe

Sheer Khurma-How to make Sheer Khorma


Sheer Khurma

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 2
 Recipe Category: Dessert

   Ingredients needed

   Whole milk – 4 cups
   Cardamom -1 crushed (optional)
   Sugar -1/3 cup or as needed
   Fine Vermicelli/sevaiyon -1 cup
   Ghee/clarified butter -2 tbsp

   Nuts and dry fruits

   Pistachios – 2 tbsp
   Almonds – 2 tbsp
   Cashew nuts – 2 tbsp
   Raisins – 2-3 tbsp
   Dates – 4

   Cardamom powder -1/4 tsp
   Saffron-5-6 strands
   Kewra essence or rose water -1/4 tsp

Preparation

Soak saffron strands in 2 tbsp of warm milk.

Chop dates and soak it in half cup of  hot milk (you can take from the 4 cups of milk mentioned).

Soak almonds and pistachio in hot water for 15-20 minutes. Remove the skin and cut it thinly or into small pieces. Pat it dry.

Heat a tbsp of ghee and fry the nuts including cashew nuts for a few minutes on low flame. This is to give a nice flavor to the sheer khurma. Remove the nuts and fry the raisins (I used some dried black currants also) in the same pan until it puffs up. Remove from heat and keep it aside.

preparations for sheer khurma

Method 

Heat 1 tbsp of ghee and fry the fine vermicelli on low flame until it becomes golden brown in color. Remove from heat.

Boil milk in a pan on medium flame until it reduces a little. You can add a crushed cardamom to the milk if preferred. Keep stirring in between to prevent it from getting burnt. Discard the cardamom pod once the milk reduces.

frying vermicelli

Add sugar to the milk and cook until sugar dissolves. Add the vermicelli and cook until it becomes soft. As it is very fine, it will take just a few minutes to get cooked.

sheer korma

Once the vermicelli is cooked, add the dates along with the milk in which it was soaked, cardamom powder and saffron.

How to prepare Sheer Khorma

Then add all the nuts and raisins, cook for 2 minutes and remove from heat. Add essence and mix well.

How to make Sheer Khorma

Serve this exotic dessert hot, warm or cold.  Eid Mubarak from Padhuskitchen.

Note -This dessert thickens as it cools. You can add hot milk to get the desired consistency.

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  1. Ramya Venkateswaran

    July 23, 2014 at 9:45 am

    delicious sheer khurma

    Reply
  2. sankar saranya

    July 23, 2014 at 9:55 am

    Tempting, ur receipe r more creative and healthy

    Reply
  3. shahitha

    July 23, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    I was waiting for this recipe. Thanks dear

    Reply
  4. Anonymous

    July 24, 2014 at 1:29 am

    Yummy sheer khurma

    Reply
  5. Santha Lakshmi

    July 24, 2014 at 7:51 am

    Wow wonderful my mouth water raised

    Reply
  6. Lizzi

    October 30, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    Going through your recipies and found this, have you got to set this as a pudding to eat?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 1, 2015 at 5:43 am

      No, it does not have to set. If you like it chilled, you can refrigerate it for a few hours or you can have it warm

      Reply

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