Semiya Kheer: Milk-Based Dessert You Can Prepare Any Day

By Krati Purwar

September 19, 2025

Semiya kheer is a delicate milk-based dessert that needs no introduction. Known by various names across Indian communities, it is prepared on special occasions, but a person with a sweet tooth needs no reason to cook it. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

1 litre of milk 1 cup semiya ½ cup sugar 1 tsp cardamom powder 2 tbsp cashew 2 tbsp almonds 2 tbsp raisins

Step 1

Sauté cashews and almonds in a tablespoon of ghee.

Step 2

Heat milk in a pan and bring it to a soft boil.

Step 3

Add semiya and sugar. Cook until the sugar is dissolved and the semiya strands swell.

Step 4

Add raisins and let them cook and swell.

Step 5

Pound cashews and almonds. Sprinkle them on kheer along with cardamom powder.

Step 6

Chill the kheer before savouring it.