To make Sawai (also known as Seviyan or Vermicelli), roast thin Vermicelli strands in ghee until golden. Boil in water or milk until soft, then flavor as desired, often with sugar, nuts, and spices for dishes like Sewai ka Zarda.

What is brown Seviyan made of?

Brown Seviyan is made from whole-grain wheat, which retains the bran, giving it its brown color. It's a healthier variant compared to the refined white Seviyan.

Desserts & Sweets

Sewai ka Zarda Recipe

Welcome to Foodistan Foodies! It’s not only a platform where we share recipes of all types but even encourage our fans to share their special homemade secret recipes. As a part of this, one of our ardent fans, Syeda Lubna, recently shared her Ramzan special, Seviyan ka Zarda recipe. She usually makes this dessert recipe during Ramadan Eid time.

Here’s Syeda Lubna’s YouTube channel, “Cook with Lubna” where she has shown step-by-step how to make authentic Sewai ka Zarda at home without any hassle.

This Eid festival, enjoy authentic Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani along with this Seviyan Ka Zarda sweet with your family and friends.

Seviyan ka Zarda Recipe Ingredients

Brown Sewai (Vermicelli) – 500gm
Pure cow ghee (clarified butter) – 100 gm
Milk – Half cup
Dry fruits – Cashew nuts, almonds, dry dates, and Pistachio
Desiccated coconut
Sugar – 1.5 cup
Long (cloves) and Green Cardamom
Saffron for color

Sewai ka Zarda Recipe Process

Boil milk and add saffron to it and keep it aside for some time.
Take 1.5 cups of sugar and add half a cup of milk to it and keep these on a pan on a slow flame.
Now, take another pan and add 2 tbsp ghee and all dry fruits. Ensure that the gas flame is on the minimum and shallow fry them. Once done, take it off and keep it in a plate.
Now, you should see if the milk you added to the pan containing sugar has broken. If not, add a bit of salt so that it becomes Khoya, as it will give your dish an enriching taste. If you can’t do that, you can prepare the sugar syrup and buy Khoya from the market.
Take the pan in which you have shallow fried dry fruits and add 1 big spoonful of ghee, 1-2 green cardamom and add your Vermicelli Sewai. Ensure that you add the Sewai before adding dry fruits or any other ingredients. You will need to be extra cautious at this stage as one mistake will ruin your efforts, and you will need to start all over again.
Fry Vermicelli Sewai till it’s golden brown.
Once you see that your Sewai has started changing its colour, add the prepared sugar syrup and Khoya. Put the flame on high and add desiccated coconut, soaked saffron, and all dry fruits.
Stir it for 1 minute on medium flame and add 1 smaller spoon of ghee and mix well. Put off the gas flame. The Shahi Sewai ka Zarda is now ready to dig in!

Health Benefits of Dry Fruits

Since this dessert uses a fair amount of dry fruits, it would also be good to see the health benefits of dry fruits. Here we go.

Dry fruits are good for your heart health.
They have cancer-fighting properties
Dry fruits can delay aging issues.
Good for skin, hair, and bones
They ease digestion and provide you with an energy boost.

Try the Shahi Sewai ka Zarda Recipe today and let us know how it turned out in the comments section. We will keep bringing more guests recipes that we will find worth sharing with our fans.

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FAQs

How to make a Sawai?
To make Sawai (also known as Seviyan or Vermicelli), roast thin Vermicelli strands in ghee until golden. Boil in water or milk until soft, then flavor as desired, often with sugar, nuts, and spices for dishes like Sewai ka Zarda.
What is brown Seviyan made of?
Brown Seviyan is made from whole-grain wheat, which retains the bran, giving it its brown color. It’s a healthier variant compared to the refined white Seviyan.