Ingredients

• 1 cup - grainy sooji (semolina)
• 2.5 cups - hot milk
• 3/4 cup - sugar
• 3 tbsp - small raisins
• 1/4 cup - almonds, coarsely powdered
• 10 to 12 - cashewnuts, broken
• 1/2 tsp - cardamom powder
• 2 tbsp - ghee
• For garnishing:
• 5 to 6 - almonds, finely slivered
• 5 to 6 - pistachios, finely slivered

How to Make Sooji Halwa

• Heat ghee in a heavy saucepan. Fry cashews till golden, remove with perforated spoon, keep aside.
• Add sooji and almond powder, roast over low flame approximately 7-8 mins.
• Add hot milk, stirring simultaneously.
• Add raisins, cook over low flame, till milk is absorbed.
• Add sugar and cardamom powder.
• Stir gently till sugar melts, and moisture released is re-absorbed.
• Add cashews, fold in gently.
• Garnish with slivered almonds and pistachios.
• Serve piping hot.