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Suji ka halwa recipe | Rava sheera recipe | sooji sheera

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert, Indian sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup coarse rava - semolina/sooji
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup melted ghee
  • 3 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp cashews
  • 2 tbsp almonds
  • 2 tbsp pistachio
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder

Instructions

  • In a pan, add ghee and heat it.
  • Then add sooji and roast on low flame till it completely puff up and oozing ghee from sides. (refer video)
  • Now add dry fruits and roast it on low flame till it slightly changes its color.
  • Meanwhile prepare the caramelized sugar, take half a cup of sugar in a pan. Stir on low flame until the sugar dissolves. Continue to cook until the sugar turns golden brown. Add 3 cup milk and mix well. Stir continuously till sugar is completely dissolve. Boil sugar-milk mixture.
  • Then gradually add hot milk-sugar mixture into roasted sooji and mix well.
  • Stir continuously sheera till milk is completely absorb and ghee release from its sides.
  • Now add cardamom powder and mix well.
  • Serve hot suji ka halwa.

Notes

  • Use coarse rava or sooji for making sheera.
  • The proportion of sooji, sugar, and ghee should be equal.
  • The proportion of sooji and milk should be 1:3.
  • Roast the sooji on a low-medium flame.
  • Sooji is perfectly roasted when ghee releases from its sides and the granules puff up.
  • Melt sugar on a low flame until it caramelizes.
  • Caramelized sugar enhances the taste of rava sheera instead of regular sugar.
  • Gradually add the hot milk-sugar mixture to the roasted sooji.