Sivaya Phirni (Sweet Spiced Vermicelli)

Ingredients

• one pound of vermicelli
• one pound of boiling ghi
• one ounce of rose water
• one teaspoonful of peeled cardamoms
• one pound of sugar
• a teacupful of milk

Method

1. 1

   Fry vermicelli in boiling ghi until light brown.

2. 2

   Stir in rose water, cardamoms, and sugar.

3. 3

   When sugar dissolves, add milk and simmer until dry.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 149. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sivaya Phirni. (Sweet Spiced Vermicelli). Vermicilli may be used in place of sivaya. Fry one pound of vermicelli in one pound of boiling ghi until it is a light brown. Stir in one ounce of rose water, one teaspoonful of peeled cardamoms and one pound of sugar ; when the sugar is dissolved, add a tea- cupful of milk

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