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Sooji Halwa
Semolina halwa — warm, sweet, in 20 minutes
🌱 Beginner🍮 Dessert🥛 Vegetarian🕐 25 min
Semolina is roasted in ghee until nutty, then bloomed in sweetened milk. India's comfort dessert, and it is exactly this recipe that gets handed out as prasad in temples.
🌱 Beginner: Nothing here can go wrong. If you can boil pasta, you can cook this.
Prep5 min
Cook time20 min
Total25 min
Serves4 servings
Contains:
GlutenMilkTree Nuts
Refers to the recipe as written here. Store-bought ingredients may carry traces — please check the packet.
Ingredients
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Method
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- Bring the water or milk to a boil with the sugar and keep it hot.
- Melt the ghee in a pan, roast the cashews and raisins golden in it, and remove.
- Roast the semolina in the same ghee over medium heat for 8–10 minutes, stirring constantly. It turns sand-colored and smells nutty - that is the whole flavor of the dish.
- Take the pan off the heat and carefully pour in the hot liquid in one go. It will spatter fiercely, hence off the heat.
- Return to the heat and stir until the liquid is absorbed and the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan - 3–4 minutes.
- Fold in the cardamom, saffron and nuts. Cover and let rest for 5 minutes.
Tips
- Hot liquid onto hot semolina, always. Cold liquid causes lumps.
- The ratio of semolina to liquid is 1 : 4 by volume. Less liquid makes a firmer halwa, more makes a spoonable one.
- Vegan: coconut oil and oat milk. It turns out different, but good.
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