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Saturday 2 June 2007

Sooji jo Seero / Seera - Nutty Semolina Halva with Saffron

This my entry for Nurpur's One Hot Stoves: A-Z of Indian Vegetables

S is for Seero, Seera Sooji, Saffron and Sultanas.

1 cup semolina
1 tablespoon whole wheat flour
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup water
3 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup almonds
1/4 cup pistachious
1 tblespns sultana raisons
1/2 tspn saffron
1/4 tspn roughly ground cardomom


Method
Slice the almonds and pistachious, put them aside
Melt the butter, fry the semolina and the wheat flour on very low heat until brown, you should be able to smell a delicious nutty aroma
Add water and Milk
Add the sugar, nuts, (reserve some nuts for garnish) raisons, saffron and cardomom -
Cook for 10 minutes .
Place on a serving dish, garnish with the reserved nuts
Enjoy
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8 comments:

  1. Sana3 June 2007 at 01:45:00 BST

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  2. Sana3 June 2007 at 01:46:00 BST

    I make this quite often - it is in fact my husband's favorite dessert when he suddenly craves sweets:). But he, being a maharashtrian calls it rava. He calls the sheera with bananas as sheera :)
    Edited to add : Also, I make a sort of sugar syrup - it gives me the texture we like

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  3. Nupur3 June 2007 at 14:00:00 BST

    It looks rich and delicious!

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  4. Sharmi4 June 2007 at 20:57:00 BST

    hey sorry to ask, when and where to add the wheat flour?

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  5. Saju5 June 2007 at 23:04:00 BST

    sorry Sharmi
    add the wheat flour at the same time as the semolina
    My bad!

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  6. Nawaz Mirza30 January 2011 at 04:42:00 GMT

    Now you have triggered my taste buds and they want this for breakfast.

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  7. Zahra4 October 2011 at 14:51:00 BST

    Should I use 2% milk or whole milk? Thank you:)

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  8. Saju5 October 2011 at 06:06:00 BST

    2% is fine

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