Vegan Sooji Halwa / Sweet Crumbled Semolina

Let us see together How to eat it? and How to make it?

How to eat it?

This is enjoyed as an Indian desert on most festive occasions like Dusshera, Diwali with fried Indian flatbreads or even alone.

Ingredients

1/2 cup Semolina

1 – 1.5 Coconut oil or any other oil of choice

1/2 cup warm-hot water

3 Tbsp brown sugar or more as per taste

1/8 teaspoon cardamom powder

3-4 saffron strands soaked in water

pinch of salt(if using oil)

1/4 cup cashew pieces

1/4 cup golden raisins

1/8 cup pistachio and sunflower nuts

Recipe

👩‍🍳Heat a thick bottomed pan.When hot, add oil. Add cashews and roast for a minute.Keep aside later

👩‍🍳Add golden raisins and roast for half a minute. Keep aside later

👩‍🍳Add other mixed nuts like sunflower seeds and pistachio and roast for 1/2 min.Keep aside later

👩‍🍳Once all the nuts are removed from the pan, add 1 tbsp oil and add the semolina and cook for 2 mins, stirring occasionally. The semolina will start to get puffy.

👩‍🍳Turn the heat to lowest flame.

👩‍🍳In a separate pan make a mix of water and sugar (Slightly thick syrup) so that sugar is mixed well with water.

👩‍🍳Add the sugar syrup, a pinch of salt and saffron to the semolina pan and mix well.

👩‍🍳Close the lid and set aside.

👩‍🍳Garnish with more nuts

Total

10-15 min

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