Aunty Geeta’s String Pudding

Name: Aunty Geeta’s String Pudding
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ½ tsp saffron threads; 640 ml/22 fl oz/generous 2½ cups full-fat milk; 120 g/4½ oz fine vermicelli noodles; 3 tbsp flaked almonds; 2 tbsp ghee; 100 g/3½ oz/½ cup caster/superfine sugar; 2 green cardamom pods, seeds crushed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

30 Minute Mowgli

By Nisha Katona

Published 2021

About

When Aunty Geeta would come and visit, we would frisk her at the door for two things: the first was her prawn/shrimp curry and the other was this fantastic string pudding. It’s basically a really homely rice pudding, but uses very fine vermicelli instead of the rice, making it stringy and fun and delicious.

Ingredients

2 tbsp ghee
120 g/4½ oz fine vermicelli noodles

Dessert
Street Food
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the ghee in a large pan over a medium heat. Once the ghee has melted, add the dried vermicelli noodles to the pan and fry for around 2 minutes, until golden brown and well coated in the ghee.
Reduce the heat to low, then pour the milk into the pan and heat until it reaches a gentle simmer. Add the sugar and stir the mixture until the sugar has dissolved, t