Sinful And Heavenly Divine Semolina Halwa

Everytime there is a special occasion coming up, this is a sure sweet on our table. Normally, when there is a special prayer/fasting for some purpose, I make sure I prepare this. This is offered to the Gods and then to unmarried young girls(generally female children we refer to as "kanchkas") before the family members or others consume it. It is believed to be loved by the Gods. Its so incredibly tasty that you just find it hard to stop eating if you get "hooked" onto it. But, its a very special and favourite recipe of mine and I REALLY wanted to share it with all of you. In case you try this one, PLEASE let me know:)

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1  cup semolina
• 1 1⁄2 cups low-fat milk
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2 -3  tablespoons ghee, melted
• 3 -5  powdered green cardamoms
• 3 -5  cashews
• 3 -5  raisins (optional)

Directions

1. Roast the semolina on medium flame in a skillet until it turns light brown.
2. In the meantime, bring the milk and water to a boil.
3. Add sugar to the milk-water mixture and allow it to completely dissolve.
4. Make sure you keep stirring it every 3-4 minutes.
5. Slowly add the lightly roasted semolina to the milk-water-sugar mixture once the sugar has dissolved completely.
6. Make sure you keep stirring in order to avoid the formation of lumps.
7. Allow to cook on low-medium flame until the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan.
8. In the meantime, fry the cardamoms, cashews and raisins in the ghee.
9. Add these to the semolina halwa.
10. Mix well to combine.
11. Serve hot with puris!