Suji Halwa!

Ingredients

Suji(semolina)-2 cups

Besan( Chickpea)- 1 cup

Sugar- 3 cups

Ghee- 2-3 cups

Water- 6 cups

Milk- 1 cup

Malai- 2 tsp

Grated dry cocunut-1

Raisins(kishmish)-10-15

Small cardomon - 6-8 (use seeds)

Chirongi(melon seeds)- handful

Cinnaomon(darchini)-1

Zarda colour-1/4 tsp mixed with milk

Saffron-3-4 strands mixed with milk

Kevda-1 tsp

Recipe

1. Saute suji in a kadai till golden brown and take it out.

2. Add 2 cup ghee in a kadai and add sauted suji and besan to it and do it till its sauted nicely( golden brown in colour) and leaves a smell. Make sure besan does has knots and if it does remove it.

3. Take 1 cup ghee in a pan and add raisin and small cardomon. Once raisins swell immediately add 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water to it so raisins dont burn. Then add rest of the sugar and water to it.

4. Cook till sugar gets dissolved and the mixture gets sticky. Add zarda colour, saffron mixed in milk in it.Keep stirring while cooking and check mixture by touching the mixture and see if its sticky.

5. Add sauted suji to it and then add milk, malai to it. Add chirongi, coconut to it. Stir it nicely till its too heavy to stir. It takes 1-2 minutes. Add kevda to it and close lid so that smell remains.

6. Decorate with grated cocunut and serve.

Variation

1 One can also add graded badam(Almond), grated akrot(walnut) and grated kaju(cashew) to it.