Name: Suji ka Sheera /Semolina Halva recipe by Jasleen Arneja at BetterButter
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Semolina 1 cup; Clarified butter/ghee 1/2 cup; Sugar 1/2 cup; Green cardamom powder 2 pinches; Milk + Water 2 1/2 cups; A pinch of green food color; A pinch of turmeric; Mango pulp (fresh/frozen) 1 tablespoon; Blanched and peeled almonds for garnishing

ABOUT Suji ka Sheera /Semolina Halva RECIPE

Dedicating this Tricolor recipe to our Independence. Jai Hind.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Semolina 1 cup
Clarified butter/ghee 1/2 cup
Sugar 1/2 cup
Green cardamom powder 2 pinches
Milk + Water 2 1/2 cups
A pinch of green food color
A pinch of turmeric
Mango pulp (fresh/frozen) 1 tablespoon
Blanched and peeled almonds for garnishing

Instructions

Pour ghee in a pan and heat, add the semolina.
Roast the semolina till a nice fragrance emanates. Yet the color should not change much.
Add the sugar and slowly start adding the milk water solution.
Keep stirring so that lumps should not be formed.
The Sheera/halwa will be ready in a minute. Turn off the gas and divide the halwa in 3 parts.
Keep one part as it is. In the second part add the mango pulp and a pinch of turmeric. In the third part, add green food color.
Now in a mould or a small bowl put orange colored halva and press with the back of the spoon, then add the simple halwa again. Press and lastly add the green coloured halva and press.
After a minute de mould the halva on a serving plate and serve garnished with almonds.

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