Eid-Al-Fitr 2020: your loved ones with these special dishes

Make some delicious dishes with these easy recipes for your loved ones.

Eid al-Fitr 2020 will be celebrated on May 24 or May 25 in India depending upon the moon sighting. When we think of Eid al-Fitr, the first thing which comes to our mind is the various yummy dishes prepared on a festive day. One traditional sweet dish which is made in every Muslim household of the Indian subcontinent region is sheer khurma, also known as sheer khurma. Sheer khurma is delicious, but health-conscious people stay away from it in fear of gaining weight. We bring you a few tips along with the healthy recipe of sheer khurma, by which you can have this festive dessert guilt-free.

Five Tips to Prepare Sheer Khurma in Healthy Way

Ingredients

Full cream milk: 500 ml

Desi ghee: ¼ cup

Almonds (blanched and chopped): 1/4 cup

Cashews (chopped): 1/4 cup

Pistachios (chopped): 1/4 cup

Raisins: 1/4 cup

Vermicelli: 50 gm

Dates: 2 tbsp

Sugar: ¼ cup

Saffron: ½ tsp

Cardamom powder: ½ tsp

Method

• Take the desi ghee in a pan and heat it
• Add chopped almonds, cashews, pistachios and raisins to it
• In another pan, heat some ghee and roast vermicelli in it
• In a third wide pan, heat the milk and let it simmer till it thickens, then add sugar to it
• Add roasted nuts and vermicelli to milk along with dates and saffron and leave to simmer
• Keep stirring, then add cardamom powder
• Let it cool and garnish with nuts and dates
• Serve chilled

While every ingredient of Khurma is healthy; nevertheless, there is always room for improvement, i.e., making it healthier.