RECIPE / SUJI
Suji Halwa
The temple-and-festival sweet that comes together in fifteen minutes from three ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Vishnu Foods Suji
- ¾ cup ghee
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 cups water
- 8 to 10 cashews and raisins
- 4 green cardamom pods, crushed
Method
- 01
Bring the water and sugar to a boil in a pan and keep it warm.
- 02
Heat the ghee in a heavy pan and fry the cashews and raisins, then set them aside.
- 03
Add the suji to the same ghee and roast on a low flame, stirring constantly, until it turns golden and smells nutty — around ten minutes.
- 04
Pour in the hot sugar water carefully, standing back as it will splutter.
- 05
Stir continuously until the halwa thickens and leaves the sides of the pan.
- 06
Add the cardamom and fried nuts, mix and serve warm.