WEB DESK: Eid-ul-Fitr is all about being with your loved ones and having some quality time together. Aftera whole month of fasting, Eid is also about treating yourself with delicious foods and treats.
Whenever anyone say Eid, the mind instantly goes over to soemthing sweet. So, here we have five must have desserts this Eid.
1. SHEER KHURMA
Ingredients (240 ml cup used)
5 cups full fat milk / whole milk
75 grams of vermicelli / seviyan
2 ½ tbsp sugar (optional, replace with mashed soft dates)
½ cup chopped dates
½ cup nuts (cashews, pista, chironji, badam)
2 tbsp. raisins
ghee as needed (2 to 4 tbsp)
â…› tsp elaichi / cardamom powder
1 tsp rose water (optional)
few saffron strands optional
 Instructions
Dry roast nuts in ghee until golden. Saute raisins as well and set aside.
In the same pan, fry vermicelli till golden. Set this aside as well.
Bring milk to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes stirring often to prevent burning.
Add dates to a bowl and add milk to soak them. Set aside.
Add vermicelli to the boiling milk and cook until done.
Add sugar and stir.
Add cardamom powder. Stir well. Off the heat and add dates along with milk.
Add nuts and raisins along with ghee.
2. SEVAIYYAN
Ingredients
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
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:
heat ghee in a pan.
fry the cloves and cardamom till the release their aroma in the ghee.
now add the vermicelli/seviyan and fry till they become golden brown.
pour the milk and let it come to a boil.
add sugar and mix well.
lower the flame and let the milk simmer for 5-7 minutes till the seviyan gets cooked.
lastly add chopped almonds or any dry fruits.
serve the seviyan hot, warm or cold.
if serving cold, then refrigerate the seviyan and then serve later.