Vermicelli Kheer or Shevayanchi Kheer
Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients:
- 1 Cup Vermicelli or Sevai
- ⅓ cup + 2 tablespoon sugar
- 4 cups milk
- 2-3 cardamoms crushed into powder
- 5-6 almonds
- 5-6 raisins
- 1 teaspoon ghee/butter
- Pinch of saffron
Method:
- soak almonds in a bowl of hot water for 30 minutes. Peel off the skin and put them aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan and add sevai/vermicelli. Saute them for 5-7 minutes or until they are golden. Turn off the flame and put the pan aside.
- Get another pan and add milk and sugar. Let it come to boil. Add roasted sevai to the boiling milk.
- Turn the flame on low-medium and let it cook for about 10 minutes or until the sevai gets cooked. Add raisins and almomnds.
- Let it simmer for another 5 minutes. Add cardamom powder and saffron to the Kheer.
- Serve hot or cold.