Ingredients

  • 1 cup fine vermicelli
  • 1 liter full-cream milk
  • 1/2 liter sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup almonds, blanched and cut into slivers
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup pistachios, sheeled and choppe coarsely
  • 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • 2 tablespoons oil

Method

  • Mix the milk, condensed milk and sugar in a deep thick-bottomed pan and bring to a boil stirring frequently. Reduce to a simmer and thicken till the milk mixture is reduced to 75 per cent of its original volume.
  • In another pan melt the ghee and roast the vermicelli till golden.
  • Add this vermcelli to the milk mixture and stir well.
  • Add the nuts, raisins and cardamom and stir well.
  • Shir Kurma is eaten warm, garnished with slivered almonds.