Halwa-Kuch Meetha Ho Jaay

Name: How to cook Halwa-Kuch Meetha Ho Jaay - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5 people
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

ayndrila dutta

Halwa-Kuch Meetha Ho Jaay

Suji halwa is also known as Rava Sheera in Western India and Rava Kesari in South India. The method of preparation is more or less similar, with a few ingredients being changed here and there. Sooji ka halwa or sheera are often made for an auspicious occasion or a pooja. A common yet special dish for Eid offcourse. #cpl #zafran #referbymanosalwa #halwa

Ingredient

Food ration :

5 people

Cooking time :

45 minutes

1/2 cup

suji (fine rava or semolina or cream of wheat)

1/3 cup

sugar or approximate 5 to 6 tablespoons sugar or add as required

1/3 cup

Ghee – approximate 6 tablespoons of ghee

1/2 teaspoon

cardamom powder – or 4 to 5 green cardamoms powdered in a mortar-pestle, husks discarded (choti elaichi powder)

10-12

cashews – halved or whole (kaju)

2 tablespoons

raisins (kishmish)

1.25 cups

water – can also add 1 cup water

Pinch

food color

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Add ⅓ cup ghee in a kadai or a thick bottomed pan. Keep the flame to a low or medium-low. Use a heavy pan or else there is a risk of the suji getting burnt. When the ghee is getting heated, add the bay leaves.

* Step 2

Add ½ cup sooji (rava or semolina). Use a fine variety of sooji and not the coarser variety. Also add 10 to 12 cashews (kaju) halved or whole. Keep on stirring the sooji so that the grains do not stick to the pan and are fried evenly. Roast sooji till you can see the ghee getting separated and when you see the cashews getting golden on a low flame.

* Step 3

The color of the suji or rava should not become brown. Add raisins, crushed cardamom without the husks.Add melted sugar and keep stirring.The mixture will start thickening. Keep on stirring often and add slight water. The suji halwa gets thickened and ghee is visible at the sides. Now your suji halwa is ready to serve hot or cold.