Grocery Essentials

Tosca Vermicelli

1kg

A 1kg pack of vermicelli, the thin wheat noodle for South Asian sheer khurma and Levantine rice pilav. Break the strands short, toast in ghee until amber, then add rice or milk depending on the dish. For rice pilav, use one part vermicelli to four parts rice; for sheer khurma at Eid, simmer with sweetened milk, saffron and chopped pistachio until the strands soften. A pantry staple that carries a full family portion of two or three dishes. Contains gluten.