Seviya Kheer! (Vermicelli Pudding)

Monday, 21 July 2008

Ah the good ol' seviya kheer. Traditional. Indian. Rich. Festive. Super sweet. I've bady wanted to make one since a long time, but could not. Once my mother-in-law was here, she made it. I looked over her shoulder and promised to myself that I would too, sometime. Predictably, I didn't. Then once my brother-in-law made it. It was really good! Note that I still didn't make it long until later. Until later would be one day when I was cleaning the refridgerator. That was when I saw the condensed milk, and remember that my mil had it mangaoed from the watchman to make the seviyaan :O That was in April :O :D Phir maine socha ki bahut ho gaya; I have to make the seviya kheer!

I did. And here is the step by step recipe :)

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Ingredients:

200 g broken Seviyaan (Vermicelli)
1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)
Water - just enough to soak the vermicelli
3 cups milk
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar


5-6 cardamoms, pounded coarse. I try avoiding cardamom powder availble off the shelf. Do it myself gives it an authentic feel :)
3-4 badams, pounded coarse
10-12 cashew nuts, cut into small pieces
10-12 raisins (soak them in water if they are hard)

Method:

1. Heat ghee in a pan and fry the vermicelli till light brown or golden in colour. You have to keep stirring else the vermicelli might turn dark brown due to overheating. Keep aside.

Fried Vermicelli

2. Boil the water in a saucepan. Add the fried vermicelli to the pan and cook till half the water is gone. Idea is to make the fried vermicelli soft :)

3. To above, add the milk, condensed milk and sugar and stir to combine.

4. Simmer on medium low till the vermicelli blends well with all the ingredients.

5. Garnish with cardamom, badams, cashwes and raisins.



Wah wah!

Serving suggestion: You can serve this hot or cold. I enjoy it cold. So I refridgerated it and then relished. Mmmmm yummy!

Note: Do not discard the cardamom skin. I pop them into tea powder (chai patti), to give it a slight cardamom smell :)

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