Ingredients

• Cream of wheat - 1/2 cup (4 oz)
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Milk - 1.5 cups
• Ghee - 1/2 cup
• Saffron - a pinch
• Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
• Yellow Food Colour - 1/8 tsp (optional)
• Cashewnuts roasted in ghee (optional)

How to Make Sweet Wheat Halwa

• In a sauce pan, fry the cream of wheat with 1/4 cup of ghee on medium heat till it turns light brown.
• Pour the cold milk in a square or round pyrex dish and add sugar, saffron, food colour and half of the cardamom powder.
• Gradually, mix the fried sooji into it. Micro-wave for 3 minutes.
• Take it out and stir well.
• Repeat the process 4-5 times (depending on the micro-wave) till it attains the consistency of halwa.
• Stir in the rest of the ghee and cardamom before the last time you put into the microwave.
• Add cashews.