Sheer Korma

Sweets
Region : Hyderabad
Ingredients : Vermicelli - 100gms Milk - 1.5litre Sugar - 250gms Chopped cashew nuts - 50gms Chopped almonds - 50gms Chopped dates - 50gms Powdered cardamom - 6nos Butter  - 4tsp Water - 250ml  Method of Preparation :  Fry nuts in 2tsp butter till light golden colour, drain and keep aside. Fry vermicelli in the remaining butter until golden brown. Make a sugar syrup (one string consistency).  Boil the milk until it is thickened to half the quantity. Add the fried vermicelli to the milk and cook. Do not allow lumps to form. Add sugar syrup and cook for a while until it comes to a homogeneous consistency. Sprinkle cardamom powder. Garnish with fried nuts. Serve hot or refrigerated

Shahi Tukre

Ingredients : Slices of bread  - 4nos Condensed milk - 6tbs Milk - 1/2litre Ground cardamom seeds - 1/2tsp Nutmeg - 1/4tsp Almonds - 15gms Pistachios - 15gms Charoli - 15gms Walnuts - 15gms Cashew-nuts - 15gms Raisins - - 15gms

Method of Preparation : Trim and cut each slice of bread into four pieces and deep fry to a golden brown colour. Drain thoroughly and keep aside. Fry all the nuts and pound coarsely. Also fry the raisins. Take a wide pan and put in milk, condensed milk, 2 tablespoon sugar, cardamoms and nutmeg. Cook on a low fire till the mixture turns a little thick, then put the fried bread side by side in the pan. Let it cook till all the moisture is absorbed by the bread. Serve cold garnished with nuts and raisins and covered with foil.