Vermicelli Kheer / Shavige payasa  is a traditional sweet dish from South India. Thin vermicelli of wheat is used in the preparation of the dish. It is one of the popular dessert / sweets made in all parts of India. In South India, it is often prepared during all major festivals.

The festive season is incomplete without a kheer. In South India, shavige payasa is often prepared in most households. A big vessel of payasam with dry fruits is offered along with other sweets and savoury as offering.

What goes into the vermicelli kheer ?

1) Milk – It is one of the essential ingredients. The milk is boiled for sometime and later made into kheer.

2) Vermicelli – Vermicelli is available in all superstores. You can use it or if you prefer the local variety, go ahead with it. Most household have their own version of vermicelli available for festive days.

3) Sugar- The sweetener best suited foor shavige payasa is sugar. Again, the use of sugar will depend upon the sweetness that you prefer.

4) Nuts- I prefer using almonds, cashew nut and raisiin for vermicelli kheer.

5) Ghee – Vermicelli is roasted in a little ghee and later cooked iinn milk.

6) Saffron – It lends a good aroma and taste to the dish.

7) Cardamom powder- Indian sweets are incomplete without a dash of cardamom powder.

shavige payasa /vermicelli kheer

Shavige Payasa / Vermicelli Kheer recipe

Ingredients :

• 1 litre milk
• 1 cup vermicelli
• 1 cup sugar (200 grams)
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
• a few saffron strands
• dry fruits as cashew, almonds and raisins
• 2 teaspoon ghee

Method: 

• Take a teaspoon of ghee and roast the vermicelli along with dry fruits on a slow flame. Keep stirring with a ladle, until brown in colour. Take care not to burn them.
• Boil milk  with saffron until it reduces to three-fourth of the quantity.
• Now, add the milk to the vermicelli and let cook on a slow flame.
• Once the vermicelli  is done, it floats on top. Put the sugar.  Mix well and again let boil for two minutes This infuses taste and consistency to the sweet dish.
• Later, remove from flame and add cardamom powder

Take a tip :

• If you are adding raisins, its better to add at the end while roasting as they bloat up and get burnt easily.
• Boiling of milk is an essential step to get good results.
• Do not mix water while cooking the vermicelli.
• Every household  has their own version of making vermicelli kheer. This is the heirloom recipe which I follow at home.
• You can use condensed milk, use it in the end and reduce the amount of sugar.

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Shavige Payasa / Vermicelli Kheer

Shavige payasa / vermicelli kheer is a traditional sweet from South India.

Ingredients

• 1 litre milk
• 1 cup vermicelli
• 1 cup sugar 1 cup or 200 grams
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
• a few saffron strands
• dry fruits as cashew almonds and raisins
• 2 teaspoon ghee

Instructions

• Take a teaspoon of ghee and roast the vermicelli along with dry fruits on a slow flame. Keep stirring with two ladle, until brown in colour. Take care not to burn them.
• Boil milk  with saffron until it reduces to three-fourth of the quantity.
• Now,add the milk to the vermicelli and let cook on a slow flame.
• Once the vermicelli  is done,it floats on top. The sugar can now be added. Mix well and again let boil. This infuses taste and consistency to the sweet dish.
• Later, remove from flame and add cardamom powder
• Take a tip :
• If you are adding raisins, its better to add at the end while roasting as they bloat up and get burnt easily.
• Boiling of milk is an essential step to get good results.

Notes

Do not mix water while cooking the vermicelli.

Every household  has it's own version of making vermicelli kheer. This is the heirloom recipe which I follow at home.
You can use condensed milk, use it in the end and reduce the amount of sugar. 

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Other festive sweets :

• Khaja
• Badam Puri

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