Vermicelli Pilaf Recipe

• 8 minutes to make
• Serves 4

Some times my mom makes this vermicelli pilaf ..ı saw only her menus... Vermicelli originates from Italy and means "Little worms" by literal meaning...:) It is a type of pasta...just like spaghetti but is much thinner than Spaghetti. Read more This type of pasta was introduced in italian cooking in the 14th - Century.Thats the history of Vermicelli.History in the Americas The fideo is a type of noodle, popular in Mexican and Latin American cuisine, often referred to in English as "vermicelli." It is commonly used in chicken soup and in sopa seca, a type of side dish. In the United States, vermicelli is usually the pasta found in Rice-A-Roni, a pilaf-style rice-and-pasta side dish manufactured by The Quaker Oats Company. History in the Middle East and Northeast Africa Traditional vermicelli dessert from Shiraz, Iran - FaloodehIt is used in one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Egypt. The vermicelli is browned by frying with oil or butter, then rice and water are added. Vermicelli is called she'reya (شعريه) in Arabic. The Persian reshteh also resembles vermicelli. Fālūde or faloodeh is a Persian frozen dessert made with thin vermicelli noodles frozen with corn starch, rose water, lime juice, and often ground pistachios. In Somalia, it is used in a sweet dish called cadriyad. The vermicelli is browned by frying with butter, then water, sugar and cardamom are added until the vermicelli has softened slightly. It is similar to the Indian kheer. However, no milk or cream is added. It is usually eaten as a dessert or eaten as a side dish with Somali spiced rice dishes See less

• vermicelli
• turkish
• easy
• pilaf
• fry
• mediterranean