Name: Vermicelli dessert
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 25 g/1 oz raisins; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup ghee or unsalted butter; 15 ml/1 tbsp shelled pistachio nuts; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup granulated (white) sugar; 5 green cardamom pods, bruised; 115 g/4 oz plain vermicelli; 15 ml/1 tbsp toasted flaked (sliced) almonds; 15 ml/1 tbsp cashew nuts, roughly chopped; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cinnamon; 2.5 ml/½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

This deliciously rich dessert, Seviyan Ka Zarda, is a speciality of the Muslim community and it is just one dessert among the fantastic spread of elaborate dishes served during the festival of Eid al-Fitr. The vermicelli is fried until browned and crunchy, then added to a cardamom-scented sugar syrup with an assortment of nuts and raisins, and gently simmered until all the syrup has been absorbed.