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Sweet Sooji halwa in Jaggery sauce

>> January 10, 2011

halwa 1

Wish you all a happy & prosperous New Year.  Starting this year with this sweet sooji halwa which taste unique & delicious.  My mother makes this very often & use this as a stuffing for the boli as well.  Either way it taste awesome :)

Ingredients :
  1. Sooji / Rava / Semolina - 1/2 cup
  2. Jaggery - 1/2 cup (more or less depends on ur sweet tooth)
  3. Milk - 1 cup
  4. Water - 1/2 cup
  5. Nuts (cashewnuts, raisins, almonds) - 2 tbsp
  6. Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
  7. Ghee / clarified butter - 2 tbsp
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Method :

1.   Dissolve the jaggery in 1/2 cup of water & filter it.  

2.   Heat  ghee in the pan & roast the rava till light brown in color.  Add jaggery water followed by milk.  Simmer the heat & cook until you get the desired consistency.

3.   Meanwhile roast the nuts in ghee & add it to the halwa along with the cardamom powder.


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Serve warm.

7 comments:

Pavithra January 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM  

Absolutely tempting halwa.. i am seriously craving for some sweet now.

Sukanya Ramkumar January 10, 2011 at 4:24 PM  

YUM! YUM!

sowmya's creative saga January 10, 2011 at 10:47 PM  

that looks really yumm..

Priti January 10, 2011 at 11:12 PM  

Looks delicious....nice idea using jaggery...will try

notyet100 January 10, 2011 at 11:45 PM  

halwa reminds me of my mom,..

anu January 11, 2011 at 6:19 PM  

The Sooji Halwa looks awesome and delicious.

swapna January 13, 2011 at 3:55 PM  

Delicious...

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