Samolina Halwa / Sooji Sheera

Ingredients

For Samolina Halwa

• ½ cup rava / semolina / suji
• 1½ cup water
• ½ cup coconut sugar
• ¼ cup ghree / clarified butter
• ½ tsp cardamom powder

For Roasting and Garnishing

• 2 tbsp ghree / clarified butter
• 2 tbsp almond and cashew 
• 2 tbsp raisins
• ¼ tsp Cardamom powder

Directions

1. Firstly, in a pan add 2 tbsp ghee and roast 7 cashew, 2 tbsp raisins on low flame.
2. Once it turns golden brown, keep aside.
3. In the remaining ghee add ½ cup rava/semolina and roast for 5 minutes on low flame. keep aside.
4. In a large kadai get 1½ cup water to a rolling boil.
5. Add roasted rava slowly, stirring continuously.
6. The rava will absorb all the water and turn a lump-free mixture.
7. Now add ½ cup sugar and continue to stir. 
8. Sugar dissolves completely and gets absorbed by rava.
9. Further add ¼ cup ghee and 3 drops of yellow food color. Adding food color is completely optional.
10. Now mix well making sure everything is well combined.
11. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes making sure the rava is cooked completely.
12. Further add roasted cashew, raisins and ½ tsp cardamom powder.
13. Mix well making sure everything is well combined.

Note: Coconut sugar will give a little bitter and caramelized taste, white sugar can be an alternative.

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