Happy Eid 2016: The Festival’s Special Connection with Seviyan

The Significance of Preparing Seviyan:

ingredients (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)

• 1 or 1.5 cups broken vermicelli/seviyan
• 500 ml milk
• 3 tbsp sugar - add more or less for your preferred sweetness
• 2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter
• 4-5 green cardamom pods
  
• 3-4 cloves/lavang
• 7-8 roasted or fried unsalted almonds, chopped or
• 7-8 roasted or fried cashew nuts, chopped
• 2 tsp raisins or
• any dry fruits of your choice

how to make the recipe:

1. heat ghee in a pan.
2. fry the cloves and cardamom till the release their aroma in the ghee.
3. now add the vermicelli/seviyan and fry till they become golden brown.
4. pour the milk and let it come to a boil.
5. add sugar and mix well.
6. lower the flame and let the milk simmer for 5-7 minutes till the seviyan gets cooked.
7. lastly add chopped almonds or any dry fruits.
8. serve the seviyan kheer hot, warm or cold.
9. if serving cold, then refrigerate the seviyan kheer and then serve later.