A VERMICELLI DESSERT TO CELEBRATE EID – SAFFRON ZARDA SHEMAI
A VERMICELLI DESSERT TO CELEBRATE EID– SAFFRON ZARDA SHEMAI MAIL
A belated “Eid Mubarak” to all who celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr
earlier this week. I hope you had a blessed and joyous Eid with family
and friends.
I have mentioned Eid several times in my earlier posts and explained a little in the Kafta Curry and the Pumpkin Halva post before. Out of the two Eids Muslims celebrate; the one that marks the end of Ramadan is called Eid-ul-fitr. Muslims around in North America celebrated Eid-ul-fitr on Monday. In Bangladesh, we often refer Eid-ul-fitr as “Shemai Eid”.
On this joyous
holiday, a lot of sweet dishes are made to share with family, friends,
neighbors and the less fortunate. Shemai a.k.a vermicelli is one of the main
sweet dishes prepared for Eid in Bangladesh. Similar to rice pudding, we make
custard like pudding with shemai, fry it and make sweet dishes by adding ghee,
coconut, raisin and nuts, or make crispy barfi or bars with it. Shemai is
almost part of our Eid culture in Bangladesh. Eid without shemai is like a
Christmas without cake. Without shemai, Eid is not complete for my
Bangladeshi family.
Zarda shemai
refers to the dry type of sweet made of thin vermicelli available in almost all
Bangladeshi and Indian grocery stores. Zarda shemai gets an irresistible
aroma while it gets slowly roasted in ghee, cardamom and cinnamon. The
added egg and saffron makes the dessert divine. There are many zarda
shemai recipe that is dairy-free, eggless and saffron free. However, my
family is a huge fan of this special zarda shemai a.k.a dry sweet vermicelli.
Muslims come from all corners of the world with a distinctive cultural flair. Yet each culture makes Islam beautiful in its own way. Muslims from each corner of the earth have different ways of interacting with one another, they wear different costumes or clothing following the Islamic guidelines, they eat different foods. The diversity of Muslims across the globe is united by Islam. Shemai desserts contributes to the diverse Muslims meals that is associated with Eid in the Indian sub-continent though it is often made through out the year to serve during breakfast or as afternoon snack.
Zarda
shemai recipe with an irresistible aroma from slowly roasting vermicelli in
ghee, cardamom and cinnamon. The added egg and saffron makes the dessert
divine.
Author: Lail Hossain
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Bangladeshi
Serves: 6-8
INGREDIENTS
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2 eggs
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2 cups milk
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Few strands of saffron
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½ cup ghee
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1 pack shemai(vermicelli), 150 gram,
about 5.3 oz or about 2 cups crush
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2-3 green cardamom
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2-3 cinnamon, each about 1” long
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6 tablespoons sugar (adjust per
taste)
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Almonds, for garnish
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