Meethi Seviyan
With just
another day to go for one of the biggest festival of this year, let's share
some happiness in the form of food this Eid, and the best way to bring a sweet
smile on someone's face is by treating them with sweet dish. Seviyan Kheer or
Meethi Seviyan is a popular classic Indian dessert prepared mainly during Eid
and this is the best time to devour upon a love for your sweet tooth.
Seviyan is a local name to
vermicelli, that is thin long strings
pretty much looks like noodles or spaghetti, usually prepared a sweet dish out
of it, hence the name given as 'Meethi Seviyan' (Meethi= Sweet, Seviyan=
Vermicelli). Meethi Seviyan is nothing but the popular Indian dessert 'Seviyan
Kheer' mainly prepared during festivals and occasions,
and with Eid, just in a day, Seviyan is all that we need to raven upon for the season. Seviyan Kheer is the
traditional dessert or pudding for Eid and other Indian festivals prepared in
every household.
Meethi Seviyan is a sweet dessert
prepared with ghee roasted vermicelli, simmered milk, sugar, cardamom and lots of dry fruits. In a few recipes, people also add khoya, condensed
milk to give more uniqueness to the sweet dish. Meethi Seviyan can be enjoyed
hot or even chilled, also served as a main sweet dish accompaniment in lunch or
dinner. It is the most delightful sweet dish and a quintessential recipe for
Eid. Meethi Seviyan can be prepared in
advance to the festival day and stored in the fridge
to serve for the next day chilled and even more delicious in the warm weather.
Meethi Seviyan is also very similar
to Sheer Khurma, which is yet another popular sweet dish for Eid festival.
People love this sweet dish to the most
and this is the best time to devour upon these
delicacies without any barriers. Meethi Seviyan is mainly prepared with ghee
(clarified butter), however with trending generation,
there are a lot of fusion procedure or ingredients
added on with time, people like to add butter giving it more enhanced taste. It
is the most favourite dish of all ages having sweet tooth desire and of course kid-friendly
recipe, as the dry fruits add on healthy
nutrition to the dish.
Head on to
the full recipe of Meethi Seviyan with step by step pictures and instructions
below:
Meethi Seviyan
[Veg]
Author: Paromita.P
Prep Time: 5
minutes
Cooking Time: 20
minutes
Total Time: 25
minutes (approx)
Recipe Type: Pudding
Course: Sweet dish
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Measuring Items: 1 cup=150 ml; Tablespoon (tbsp)
Ingredients:
- Vermicelli- 1 cup
- Raisins- half cup
- Cashews- half cup
- Bay leaf- 2
- Cardamom- 4
- Ghee (Clarified butter)- 2 tbsp
- Milk- 1 liter
- Sugar- 1 cup (adjust to your taste)
Method:
How to prepare ‘Meethi Seviyan’ with step by step pictures and
instructions-
- Finely chop a few cashews, and crush cardamom into powder.
- Heat a kadhai, add ghee.
- Put cashews and raisins. lightly fry cashews and raisins. Keep aside.
- With ghee remains in the pan, continue tempering with bay leaf
and cardamom (you can add 1 tsp ghee if you wish)
- Now add vermicelli in the tempered ghee.
- Keep stirring continuously with a light hand, on low flame.
- Roast the vermicelli golden brown.
- Now add milk keeping the flame low.
- Stir continuously and let
the milk simmer for 5 minutes.
- Now add sugar and keep stirring.
- Once milk settles with the vermicelli, add the fried cashews and
raisins. Mix well and serve hot.
Tips: Adjust the amount of sugar depending on the sweet tooth. Also adjust the volume of the
milk, whether to be thick or a bit flowy texture.
its my pleasure :)
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