Pure korma is a traditional Muslim dish made with milk, vermicelli, nuts, and dried dates or raisins. It is served hot or cold and is a popular breakfast and day-long meal during Muslim feast days. The dish is made by frying vermicelli in butter, adding sugar and milk, and then adding nuts, cardamom, and rose water. It is often served as a dessert and is also known as vermicelli pudding.
Pure korma is a traditional Muslim food served in many regions of the world. Translating to sweetened milk with dry dates, pure korma consists of milk, dates, vermicelli and a variety of nuts. Served hot or cold, this dish is a traditional family breakfast and day-long meal for the two annual days of Muslim Eid, or feast days.
Whole milk, sugar and vermicelli are always included in pure korma. Cream is also often added. Dried dates are normally included, but some versions may actually exclude this fruit. If dates are not used, raisins are used instead.
Usually two or three different types of nuts are also added to this dish. Cashews, pistachios, almonds or charoli are all common options. Nuts are always chopped before being included in pure korma. Cardamom powder may be the only spice added to the dish, but cardamom pods and rosewater are usually used for flavoring as well.
To make pure korma, the vermicelli is first fried in butter. Then sugar is added. Sometimes a sugar syrup is created by reducing sugar water to a thick liquid and the syrup is included instead. Once the butter has dried, the milk is added and boiled gradually. At this stage, the pure korma must be stirred continuously.
After that, you can add raisins or dates, cardamom pods and walnuts. The dice can instead be saved to be used for garnishing. When used as a side dish, the nuts are first fried and then set aside. The rose water and cream are included towards the end of the cooking process when the vermicelli starts to get very soft. In addition to nuts, cardamom powder or saffron is often used to garnish this dish.
Alternatively, dates can be soaked in milk before use. Then, the milk is simmered with cardamom seeds and sugar until the liquid thickens. Next, the vermicelli is added and left to cook until soft. The dates are added just before cooking is complete and the rose water is added directly before the dish is removed from the heat.
Pure korma is a traditional dish for both Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha, Muslim religious holidays. The dish is only served to family members for breakfast. During the day, however, the dish is available to all guests visiting the family home. Generally considered a breakfast food, it can also be a dessert and is sometimes called vermicelli pudding.
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