North Indian
Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding)
Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 cup semolina (sooji)
- 1/2 cup ghee
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2.5 cups water
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 cardamom pods
- 2 tbsp cashews
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 2 tbsp almonds
How to cook it
- Warm the water and milk together with the sugar until the sugar dissolves, then keep it hot.
- Melt the ghee in a heavy pan and fry the cashews, almonds, and raisins until golden, then scoop them out.
- Add the semolina to the ghee and roast on low heat, stirring constantly, until it turns golden and smells nutty, about 8 minutes.
- Carefully pour in the hot sweetened milk mixture while stirring so no lumps form, then add the crushed cardamom.
- Cook until the halwa thickens and pulls away from the pan, then fold in the fried nuts and serve warm.
Serve it with
A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding) carries tree nuts, dairy, and gluten. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Dairy | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Gluten | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Dairy, and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on semolina, ghee, and sugar.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from North India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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