This is a favourite dessert of my younger brother. I like it a lot too! Growing up, it was one of the simple desserts...along with sewai, phirni, custard etc, that we had after dinner. Hard to imagine now that we had dessert every evening! And nothing out of a can or ready to eat. It was made from scratch every single time. I remember how much we relished it.....savouring each spoonful. Even if we didn't care for the main meal we would look forward to the sweet dish served after as a high treat!
Sooji Ki Kheer is an easy dessert that requires little skill or effort but is immensely satisfying. All it involves is roasting sooji in ghee till golden and then cooking in milk until thick. Sweeten with sugar, add some cardamom powder for a pleasing flavour, garnish with nuts and....it is ready!
This dessert can also double up as infant food or a breakfast cereal with a little tweaking of the recipe. Instead of roasting sooji in ghee, dry roast it and cook in water till thick. Add a little warm milk and sugar at the time of serving. This process makes it lighter and far more easily digestible.
Ingredients:
3 cups milk, full cream
3 tbsp sooji ( semolina)
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp ghee
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1 tbsp raisins
1 tbsp cashew nuts, chopped
1 tbsp almonds, chopped
Method: In a heavy bottom pan heat ghee and fry the nuts and raisins. Remove and keep aside. In the same pan add sooji.Stir over low flame until sooji turns golden. Add milk and cook, stirring constantly. Gradually the milk will thicken. Add sugar and cardamom powder and stir for another minute or two. Switch off flame and transfer to serving dish. Garnish with nuts and raisins and chill before serving.
In case you want a richer taste, add condensed milk or add more milk and let it reduce. If the dessert becomes too thick after cooling, add some milk.
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