Semiya Payes/ Vermicelli Kheer

semiya payes

                         

Ingredients :

• Semiya / Vermicelli : 1/4 cup
• Ghee : 1 tbsp
• Whole Milk : 3 cups
• Milk powder :1/2 cup
• Sugar : 5-6 tbsp
• Cardamom : 2-4 crushed
• Tejpatta / Bay leaf : 1 medium
• Cashew nuts : 4-5 tbsp broken
• Raisin : 4-5 tbsp

Procedure :

1) Take a large pan and add milk and boil it. Reduce the flame, add
     bay leaf and crushed cardamom . Stir the milk for 15 minutes so
     that the volume get reduced to 1/3 . Take out 1/4th cup of milk 

     and keep it in a bowl.Add milk powder to the 1/4 th cup of milk.

     Mix it well.Now pour it in the pan.
2) At the same time take a small frying pan and ghee and heat it. Add
    cashew nuts and raisins and fry them for 2-3 minutes in medium heat
    and keep aside.
3) Add little ghee and heat it. Now add semiya and fry them untill it
    become golden in colour.
4) Add this fried semiya in the boiled milk.And continuousle stir it till
    semiya is almost done.
5) Now add sugar mix them well and for another 5 minutes. Now turn
    off the heat.
6) Sprinkle pinch of cardamom powder,fried cashew nuts and raisins,
     mix them well and pour them in serving bowl.
    Let it cool down and refrigerate it for atleast half an hour.
    Serve it.