Sheer pira

Name: Sheer pira (Afghan rosewater milk fudge)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes about 25 pieces
Cuisine: Afghani
Ingredients: 440 g (15½ oz/2 cups) caster (superfine) sugar; 2 teaspoons ground cardamom; 440 g (15½ oz/4 cups) milk powder; 75 g (2½ oz/½ cup) roasted walnuts or almonds, chopped; 2 tablespoons rosewater; 100 g (3½ oz/½ cup) dried apricots, chopped; 75 g (2½ oz/½ cup) roasted walnuts or almonds, chopped; 70 g (2½ oz/½ cup) finely chopped pistachios; melted butter, for greasing; edible silver leaf, to garnish (optional); 65 g (2¼ oz/½ cup) slivered almonds

Afghan rosewater milk fudge

Preparation info

Makes about
25 pieces

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Lands of the Curry Leaf

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2018

About

Meaning ‘sweet milk’ in the Dari language, sheer pera is a delicacy served at Afghan weddings and parties. It will delight your senses, and those of your guests, with its enticing flavours of rosewater, cardamom, walnut and pistachio.

Ingredients

440 g (15½ oz/2 cups) caster (superfine) sugar
440

Asia
Bhutan
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Place the sugar in a saucepan, add 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) water and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Bring