Sooji (Semolina Halwa)

Name: Sooji (Semolina Halwa)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup semolina; 1/4 cup ghee; 1/3 cup sugar; 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder; 1 tablespoon sliced almonds or 1 tablespoon slivered almonds; 2 tablespoons raisins (optional)

Submitted by bri765

"This recipe is slightly altered from one I found on the internet. My son and I love it, but try to restrict yourself from eating it daily!"

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Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 6
Serves:: 2

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup semolina
¹⁄₄ cup ghee
¹⁄₃ cup sugar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon cardamom powder
1 tablespoon sliced almonds or 1 tablespoon slivered almonds
2 tablespoons raisins (optional)

directions

In a small saucepan, bring water, sugar, and raisins (optional) to a boil, set aside.
In a small to medium saucepan, heat ghee.
Add semolina, cardamom.
Sauté until light brown, stirring constantly.
Add water/sugar/raisin mixture.
Heat and stir until halwa reaches the consistency of thick mashed potatoes.
Remove from heat, add almonds.
note: I like to cook the halwa with the raisins but discard them (I don't particularly care for raisins).
I also sauté the almonds in a bit of ghee, but that isn't necessary.
To make ghee: Heat 2 sticks of butter in a saucepan on med-high until boiling.
Turn down heat to med-low and cook for several more minutes, stirring occasionally.
Ghee will take on a weird plastic-like appearance at the top and smell like caramel.
Strain the ghee through cheesecloth and a fine strainer.
Save what isn't used in an airtight container (it does not need to be refrigerated).

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Reviews

we love sooji and whenever we get an emergency dessert need, we always resort to this. i love how it can be fixed so fast. i usually use sugar in a 1:1 ratio with the semolina, so this was a tad sweet for me. i also used milk for some of the water. i added some toasted walnuts and almonds and went easy on the ghee, and we revelled in this after-dinner treat - thanks for posting.

eatrealfood
This wasvery tasty, easy to put together and a nice treat all in all. I normally make semolina halwa without even a drop of ghee and it's one of my specialities:) You might want to check out my recipe as well. Thanks for this one!

Charishma_Ramchandani