Meethi Eid: 5 best mouth watering traditional delicacies
With the sacred month of Ramzan coming to an end, the Muslim community is all set to celebrate Meethi Eid or Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of Roza. This year, Meethi Eid will likely start on May 2 in the evening and end on the evening of May 3.
Lavish feasts, mainly mouth-watering desserts, form a major part of the occasion.
1 – Rose sharbat
- Rose sharbat is a part of Eid festivities and is also great for this time of the year since it cools down the body and protects us from this intense heat.
- Boil 250 grams of rose petals in water. Keep it aside for six hours.
- Now add sugar to it and bring to a boil.
- Add this syrup to water to make the sharbat.
2 – Kimami sewaiyan
- Roast dry sewai and keep aside. Fry fox nuts, dry fruits, coconut in ghee and keep aside.
- Add sugar, khoya, and water to a pan and mix well till thick. Add milk and boil for some time.
- Add dry fruits mixture and roasted sewai and cook for four-five minutes.
- Add green cardamom powder and mix well.
- Garnish with cashews, almonds, and raisins, and serve.
3 – Phirni
- Phirni is a sweet and creamy pudding that is perfect for Eid.
- Blend rice to form a coarse paste. Boil milk and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add rice paste, stir well, and simmer for five minutes. Boil the milk till the rice gets cooked.
- Add saffron milk, cardamom powder, and sugar and mix well.
- Garnish with chopped nuts and serve chilled.
4 – Mutton Shami Kebab
- Add cinnamon stick, mace, bay leaf, green cardamoms, black peppercorns, brown cardamom, and cloves to hot ghee.
- Add mutton keema, salt, red chili powder, soaked chana dal, water, and pressure cook.
- Grind and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Add onion, green chili, and lime juice to the paste and mix well.
- Make flat balls from the dough, refrigerate for 10 minutes and shallow-fry the kebabs.
5 – Biryani
- Marinate chicken with curd, salt, red chili powder, ginger-garlic paste, sauteed brown onions, cinnamon, cloves, mace, lemon juice, mint leaves, green chili paste, cardamom powder, and cumin.
- Now cook the chicken in some ghee.
- Layer semi-cooked rice and chicken along with clarified butter.
- Cover the sides of the pan with a sticky dough, cover the lid, and slow cook for 25 minutes.
- Enjoy!