Shira / Sooji ka halwa
Shira / Sooji ka halwa

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, shira / sooji ka halwa. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Shira / Sooji ka halwa is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Shira / Sooji ka halwa is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Sooji ka halwa or sheera are often made for an auspicious occasion or a pooja. It could also be a festive occasion like Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi or a Suji ka halwa or Sheera is usually served as a sweet snack. you can serve sooji halwa after a meal. Suji halwa can be paired with poori too.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shira / sooji ka halwa using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Shira / Sooji ka halwa:
  1. Prepare 1 cup barik Rava/ Sooji
  2. Take 3 tbsp Ghee
  3. Prepare 1 cup Sugar
  4. Take 2 1/2 cup Water
  5. Get as required Assorted dry fruits (almonds/ cashews)
  6. Take 1/4 spoon Cardamom powder

South Indian rava kesari or kesari bath is a variation of this which is made much the same way but with an addition of kesari color. Semolina, when made sweet, is called sheera. Several variants of this dish are available under other names in various parts of India. For instance, in Maharashtra, it is called sheera which is the sweet version and in North India it is called sooji (suji) halwa or Mohan bhog.

Steps to make Shira / Sooji ka halwa:
  1. Heat a Pan on low heat. Add rava, ghee. Mix well and roast the rava on medium heat until it turns reddish. Do not roast the rava in nonstick pan as pan may get scratches due to course nature of rava. Remove the pan from stove.
  2. Heat a pan on medium heat. Add 2 1/2 cup water (you can change quantity of water according to your taste).
  3. When water get boiled then add 1 cup sugar and 1/4 spoon cardamom powder. Stir well
  4. Add the barik rava/ sooji. No lumps of rava should be formed. Add dry fruits. Mix well. Cover and cook for 5 mins on medium heat.
  5. Remove the lid and stir well. Add ghee. mix well. Turn off the heat. Shira/ Sooji ka halwa is ready to serve.

This almonds and cashew rich soft and savory sooji halwa prepared without milk is a welcome treat for taste buds at anytime and can give tough competition to best of the best sweets on the table. Official Sites: Sooji ka Halwa- YouTube release. Suji ka halwa here is made by dry roasting and adding the roasted sooji in milk, flavored with elaichi powder and saffron flavored milk. It appears in the form of a thick porridge and is a deliciously tasty indian sweet dish. This is the most traditionally made sooji ka halwa and I am sure it would be loved.

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