Lab-e-Shirin
A short home-style guide to Lab-e-Shirin. Basics like salt, oil, haldi, red chilli, cumin, garam masala, ginger-garlic, vinegar, chilli sauce and ketchup are assumed.
Ingredients
- Milk (Doodh)No milk? Use milk powder mixed with water, or diluted tinned milk.
- Custard powderNo custard powder? Use cornflour with a little vanilla and extra sugar.
- Vermicelli (Seviyan)No vermicelli? Use broken spaghetti or noodles.
- Cream (Malai (cream))No cream? Use milk with a little butter, simmered to thicken (lighter).
- Banana (Kela)No banana? Use skip it, or use apple or dates.
- Apple (Seb)No apple? Use pear or any seasonal fruit.
- Sugar (Cheeni)No sugar? Use jaggery (gur) or honey, added gradually.
Method
- Make a sweet custard with milk and custard powder and cool.
- Layer with fried seviyan, cream and chopped fruit, then chill.