Sweet Bird'S Nests

Name: Sweet Bird'S Nests
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 100 gm Vermicelli (very thin, Pakistani Vermicelli); 3/4 cup Honey; 20 gm Salted Butter; 1/2 cup Almonds (chopped ); 1/2 cup Pistachios (chopped ); 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice; 3 cup Water

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About Sweet Bird'S Nests

These bite sized crunchy Arabic style sweets are made healthier with the use of honey. Chopped nuts are drenched in honey and filled inside the baked vermicelli cups.

Super fine vermicelli strands or Pakistani vermicelli is used for making the nests. Cooking and then baking the cups makes them crunchy.

Butter enhances the taste and makes them more crispy. Honey adds natural sweetness and flavor to the sweet.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time25 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Served AsDesserts

Recipe TasteSweet

Calories - 510 kcal

Servings - 4

Ingredients

▢ 100 gm Vermicelli very thin, Pakistani Vermicelli
▢ 3/4 cup Honey
▢ 20 gm Salted Butter
▢ 1/2 cup Almonds chopped
▢ 1/2 cup Pistachios chopped
▢ 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
▢ 3 cup Water

Instructions

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Boil water in a big pan.
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Once the water boils, carefully place the vermicelli strands without breaking into the pan. Use Pakistani Vermicelli that are super fine.
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Cook for 2 minutes. Do not stir.
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Once done, carefully strain excess water.
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Grease cupcake moulds or mini cupcake moulds with little butter.
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Place the cooked vermicelli strands in each of the moulds forming circular pattern. Adjust with fingers and press the base and sides to create a shallow space in the center.
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Add a small cube of butter to the center of each nest.
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Preheat the oven to 180 degree centigrade.
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Bake the vermicelli cups for 15 minutes.
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Then preheat the oven to 200 degree centigrade.
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And bake the vermicelli nests for another 10 minutes.
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Allow them to cool down completely.

Meanwhile prepare the nut filling

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For this, take the chopped nuts (almonds and pistachios) in a bowl.
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Add half of the honey taken and mix well.
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Fill the baked vermicelli baskets with honey coated nuts.

Next prepare a honey syrup

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Add 1/2 tsp lemon juice to the remaining honey.
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Drizzle this honey syrup all over the vermicelli nests.
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Serve these crunchy bird's nests that are drenched in sweetness.

Recipe Notes

Also See:

Kunafa / Middle-Eastern Cheescake
Layali Lubnan/Lebanese Nights (Semolina And Cream Pudding)
Umm Ali/Egyptian Pastry Pudding
Layali Lubnan (Lebanese Nights)
Sweet Bird'S Nests
Kunafa Or Kanafeh / Kunafah (Vermicelli Cake With Cream Filling)

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femina shiraz

I love to eat good food and serve delicious food to my family and friends too.

5 Comments

megha thakur malhotra

December 18, 2022 / 9:32 am Log in to Reply

Absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing.
PREM AGARWAL

October 2, 2021 / 5:12 pm Log in to Reply

Such an enticing dish! Thanks for the recipe.
femina shiraz

August 27, 2017 / 12:00 am Log in to Reply

Thank u so much Kirti 🙂
Kirti Misra

August 27, 2017 / 12:00 am Log in to Reply

Oh my god…what a brilliant recipe
virendra sharma

August 23, 2015 / 1:52 pm Log in to Reply

I’m loving this recipe already!