Sooji halwa/ Sheera Recipe.......!!!!!!

                                                            Sooji Halwa / Sheera.....!!!!!!!

The all time favorite sweet dish recipe prepared during festivals and any other auspicious occasion.where it usually served as 'prasad' (offering to the Gods) Sheera is prepared from roasted semolina or rava . The sooji is roasted in ghee and then cooked with sugar and water till soft and garnished with dry fruits.

Ingredients:
1/2 Cup - Semolina (Rawa)
3/4 Cup Sugar
1/2 tsp Green Cardamom powder
2 tbsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
1 tbsp Raisins
1 cup Milk
3/4 cup Water
few Almond Flakes
Saffron color


Method:
- Boil milk and water for couple of minutes. Turn off the flame and keep it aside.

- Put 1&1/2 tbsp of clarified butter (ghee) into a frying pan and add semolina. Stir well on low flame and roast it till golden brown for 5 - 7 Minutes.

- Add hot milk & water. Boil this till the water dries out completely.

- Add sugar. Stir well

- When the sheera is thick, add green cardamom powder, saffron food  color, almond flakes and
raisins.

- Mix well till it stops sticking to the walls of the frying pan. Add clarified butter or ghee (Optional)

- Plate this on a serving plate
- Garnish it with few almond flakes