North Indian

Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding)

Name: Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: North Indian
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

Harpreet Kaur @harpreet_kaur

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.

30 min Medium Low sodium Vegetarian Halal Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

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.

Watch how to cook Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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.

The sharp little thing
- Plain Curd (Dahi)
  
  5 min

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.

Every tracked allergen in Suji Halwa (Semolina Pudding)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	Yes	Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread)
Dairy	Yes	Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Gluten	Yes	Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
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

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 430 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 52 g
Fat: 22 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 29 g
Sodium: 10 mg
Saturated fat: 13 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

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.