By Rajlakshmi
March 17, 2026
Do you know that sheer khurma is one of the popular recipes prepared for Eid al-Fitr? Learn a quick and easy recipe prepared by using dry fruits, vermicelli and milk.
½ cup water, one tin of condensed milk 1-litre full-fat milk 7-8 dates, seedless and chopped 3-4 crushed green cardamoms ½ cup sugar ¼ cup ghee 2 tbsp chironji ¼ cup golden raisins 7-8 sliced pistachios 8-10 sliced almonds 8-10 chopped cashews 1 cup whole wheat vermicelli (seviyan) crushed ¼ cup desiccated coconut Chopped nuts and saffron for garnish
Add water to a pressure cooker and add a tin of condensed milk to it. Cover and cook for two whistles on low-medium flame.
Meanwhile, heat milk in a deep-bottomed heavy kadai and add dates. Cook till colour changes.
Add in crushed cardamom pods and allow to cook for 3-4 minutes. Then add in sugar and stir until the sugar begins to melt in.
Add the boiled condensed milk, mix well and cook till it starts to become thick.
Heat ghee in a non-stick pan, and later add in chironji and roast till fragrant. Add in raisins, pistachios, almonds, cashews and roast.
Add in the seviyan and start to roast till they turn brown. Add in desiccated coconut and roast till fragrant.
Add the seviyan and dry fruit mixture to the milk, mix well and serve!