Ingredients:
- Vermicelli – 1 cup (1-inch-long pieces)
- Milk – 1 litre
- Sugar – ¾ cup
- Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
- Ghee – ½ cup
- Dried Grapes/Kismis – 10 to 15
- Cashewnut (split) – 10 to 15
- Milkmaid – ¼ cup
Preparation:
- Bring the milk to boil.
- Heat the ghee in a pan.
- Fry the Cashews on a medium flame until it starts to turn golden brown. Remove them onto a tissue.
- Now fry the kismis until it pops up and starts becoming dark in colour. Transfer them immediately on the tissue.
- In the remaining ghee, add the vermicelli and fry until golden brown.
- Now add the fried vermicelli along with the ghee to the milk and cook it on a medium flame, by stirring occasionally.
- Once the vermicelli is almost done, add sugar and mix well.
- Add the kismis and cashewnuts to this.
- Add crushed cardamom powder and mix well.
- Add the milkmaid and cook for another 2 minutes and then turn off the flame.
- Yummy vermicelli kheer/ semiya payasam is ready to be served either hot or cold.