Vermicelli pudding

This is a traditional Indian pudding that is made for celebrations. I have substituted the sugar with Xylitol and replaced clarified butter with just a scant tablespoon of coconut oil. Other flavourings that can be used in place of saffron are cardamom or cinnamon.

Ingredients (serves 6)

3 1/2 cups Almond Milk
4 Tbsp Thin Vermicelli Noodles, dry roasted and browned
4 - 5 Tbsp Xylitol
2 Tbsp Almonds, peeled and chopped
1 Tbsp Sultanas
1/2 tsp Saffron, crushed
1 Tbsp, scant Coconut Oil

Method

Take 1/2 cup of almond milk and heat it gently. Add the crushed saffron and set it aside.
Toast the chopped almonds and sultanas, set aside.
Melt coconut oil and add the vermicelli noodles. When aromatic and golden brown, mix in the Xylitol. Mix well and add in the toasted nuts and sultanas.
Add the remaining 3 cups of Almond milk to the pan and cook covered until the vermicelli is completely soft cooked.
At this stage, take the the pan off heat and add the remaining almond milk with saffron mixed into it. Mix well. Serve warm or cold, they both taste equally good.

42 Comments

- - mom118423 said
  - 13 Jun 2015
    11:06 am
Different use of vermicelli

- - mom113055 said
  - 11 Jun 2015
    6:18 pm
looking great really

- - EllenG89 said
  - 31 May 2015
    8:33 am
What a great idea! Never used vermicelli noodles in a sweet dish so looking forward to trying this!

- - am1979amanda said
  - 18 Apr 2015
    8:07 pm
Very interesting will try this

- - mom113055 said
  - 10 Apr 2015
    2:44 pm
really looking great

- - mom62624 said
  - 28 Mar 2015
    4:52 am
A very interesting recipe; thanks for sharing and I look forward to trying it.

- - mom94125 said
  - 23 Mar 2015
    3:20 pm
this is a great idea! i like it and i only have used vermicelli in spring rolls before

- - linaianna said
  - 06 Mar 2015
    2:39 pm
Thanks for sharing this recipe

- - rachkap said
  - 22 Feb 2015
    2:06 am
An interesting recipe – thank you

- - mom63082 said
  - 15 Feb 2015
    1:04 pm
Sounds interesting, never tried vermicelli before

- - vanyadhanya said
  - 12 Feb 2015
    11:22 am
love this

- - caramello said
  - 31 Jan 2015
    10:27 pm
looks amazing, thanks for sharing

- - meljware said
  - 28 Jan 2015
    2:35 pm
This looks yummy. I have never heard of it before but will be giving it a try for sure.

- - GeoEllie said
  - 25 Jan 2015
    11:41 pm
Very different to anything I’ve ever tried before, can’t wait to give it a try though

- - mom57808 said
  - 15 Jan 2015
    7:37 am
sounding very tasty have got the recipe now off to coles to get the ingredints

- - mom57522 said
  - 14 Jan 2015
    7:18 pm
Where do you buy Xylitol? Can it be found at the supermarket?
- priyachirag replied
  
  15 Jan 2015 , 1:07 am
  Hi,
  
  I get Xylitol from my local health food store as it’s cheaper than at Coles/ Woolworths. It’s usually in their health foods section next to the Stevia, Agave syrup and the other natural sweeteners.
  - mom57522 replied
    
    30 Jan 2015 , 7:18 pm
    
    I’ve also find it online 🙂
  - mom94125 replied
    
    06 Feb 2015 , 9:26 pm
    
    oh ok so it is a sweetener type of thing
  - mom94125 replied
    
    05 Mar 2015 , 3:05 pm
    
    and thanks for posting this recipe. i had never heard of it before but it sounds awesome!
- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 14 Jan 2015
    6:58 pm
I will have to make this one day. Yummy!

- - mom108638 said
  - 14 Jan 2015
    12:49 pm
Oh this sounds really interesting…. I’m going to give it a try.