Lab-e-Shireen:

Name: Lab-e-Shireen:
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1/2 liter (2 cups) full fat milk; 3/4 cup sugar or to taste; 5 Tbsp custard powder; 1/4 cup tapioca pearls /sago seeds (boil and strain through cold water); 1/2 cup Coloured vermicelli (boil and strain through cold water); 1 cup Fruit cocktail (strain the juice of cocktail completely); 200 ml Fresh cream; 1 packet Red jelly (cook and chill then cut into cubes); 1 packet Green jelly (cook and chill then cut into cubes); as required Chopped nuts (almonds, pistachios, cashews); Your favourite ice cream (optional)

Lubna’s Kitchen @lubnaskitchen

United Kingdom

Lab e shireen is a classic Arabian dessert that served as Eid special dessert in Pakistan. It is a custard and fruit based dessert that is highly refreshing and rich in taste usually served on Eid or in the holy month of Ramdan. You may even call it Pakistani fruit custard. This dessert lab e shireen tastes best when it is chilled before serving.

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Lubna’s Kitchen @lubnaskitchen

United Kingdom

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Ingredients

50 mins

8 servings

1/2 liter (2 cups)full fat milk
3/4 cupsugar or to taste
5 Tbspcustard powder
1/4 cuptapioca pearls /sago seeds (boil and strain through cold water)
1/2 cupColoured vermicelli (boil and strain through cold water)
1 cupFruit cocktail (strain the juice of cocktail completely)
200 mlFresh cream
1 packetRed jelly (cook and chill then cut into cubes)
1 packetGreen jelly (cook and chill then cut into cubes)
as requiredChopped nuts (almonds, pistachios, cashews)
Your favourite ice cream (optional)

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Steps

50 mins

1

In a mixing bowl dissolve custard powder in 1/2 cup of milk.
In a cooking pot add remaining 1 and 1/2 liter of milk, dissolved custard mixture and sugar. Combine well.
Now turn on the flame and cook on low flame while stirring continuously till the milk thickens. Check the thickness of milk and remove the pot from stove.
2

Let the custard cool down completely then take out in a bowl.
Add boiled and strain vermicelli. Combine everything.
3

Then add tapioca pearls /sago seeds & fruit cocktail and fresh cream and mix well.
Add cubes of red and green jelly in the custard mixture. Combine these as well.
Lastly add chopped dry fruits in the lab e shireen.
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5

Garnish with jelly cubes and chopped nuts.
Chill in the refrigerator before serving.
Scoop some your favourite ice cream on top and served chilled.