Sheer Khurma Recipe – Sheer Korma – Ramadan Recipes

Sheer Khurma is an Eid special Hyderabadi dessert recipe. This special dish is made using full cream milk, fine vermicelli, sugar, Nuts, dry fruits and ghee. Some people make this dish adding condensed milk or sometimes with coconut milk too. It is served in the morning of Eid ul-Fitr day( Ramadan festival) in the family for breakfast after the Eid prayer. It is served throughout the day to all the visiting guests. The word is spelt as sheer kurma/ sheer korma or sheer qorma but it is actually Sheer Khurma. I learnt this recipe from Sharmila Banu aunty. I have mentioned about her in my Muslim Dalcha recipe post. When I heard the title as Korma, I thought its a spicy gravy recipe that is made for biryani and asked her the same. She started laughing and told its meaning, importance of this dish and the method of making this rich dessert recipe. In Persian & Urdu, Sheer Khurma refers to “Milk with dates”. Its a festival vermicelli pudding prepared by Muslims all over the world on Ramadan day. Ramadan breakfast would be incomplete without this dish. Actually its the first dish they taste in the morning after breaking their fasting. So its a very special food for them. When aunty told me about this recipe, I decided to make this post in my blog as Ramzan special recipe. This morning, I prepared this yummy sheer kurma following her recipe. It came out very well and lip-smackingly delicious. I am very happy to share this post as my Ramadan festival recipes contribution. I dedicate this post to all my Muslim readers and I wish you all a very happy Ramadan - Eid Mubarak . Lets see how to make Ramadan special Sheer Khurma recipe without condensed milk.

Sheer Khurma Recipe

Sheer Khurma recipe - Ramadan special dessert recipe

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweet/Dessert recipes

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Fine vermicelli - 1/4 cup ( heaped) Full fat milk - 1/2 liter Sugar -1/4 cup ( Add 1/3 cup for more sweetness) Dry fruits & Nuts - a handful ( Cashews, Pista, Almond, Melon seeds, Dried Dates, Dry grapes) Cardamom powder - 1/8 tsp or rose essence - few drops Ghee - 2-3 tbsp Saffron – few threads Hot Water – 1 cup  ( to soak the nuts and dry fruits)

METHOD

Boil 1/2 liter of full fat milk till it reduces to 1/3rd of its quantity.Thanks to my SIL Raji ( Raks Anand) for gifting me this Visions cookware. : )) In the mean time, boil 1 cup of water to roll boil. Switch off the flame and soak the nuts like cashews, almonds, pista and dried dates for 15 minutes. Peel the skin of almonds/Badam and chop to thin slices. Peel the skin of pista and chop it. Chop the cashews & dates into slices. Melt 1 tbsp of ghee in a pan. Roast the fine vermicelli for 2-3 minutes. Remove in a plate. In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp of ghee and roast the sliced nuts and dry fruits till it turns golden. Remove in a plate. Now add the roasted vermicelli to the boiling milk. Let it cook for 5-7 minutes till it becomes soft. Add sugar, saffron threads & allow the milk to boil till sugar dissolves. Make sure the milk is not so thick as this khurma thickens with time. So prepare the sheer khurma slightly thin and watery. Switch off the flame and add cardamom powder or rose essence, roasted nuts & dry fruits. Add the remaining 1 tbsp of melted ghee at the end. Mix well and serve it cold or warm. Enjoy !  Wish you all a very happy Ramadan!!

Note

Use full fat milk to get a rich taste and mild orange color to this dish. You can add 1/4 cup or more condensed milk instead of sugar. If you wish you can add 1/4 cup of medium thick coconut milk at the end for more flavor and richness.Aunty suggested me to add it. But I couldn’t : (( This dish would thicken when it cools down.So add some milk and bring it to the desired consistency. Add more sugar as per your taste buds.

Enjoy this yummy Sheer khurma and have a great Ramadan celebration !!

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