Ingredients:

• Cream of Wheat – 1/2 cup (4 oz)
• Sugar – 1 cup
• Milk – 1.5 cups
• Ghee – 1/2 cup
• Saffron – a pinch
• Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
• Yellow Food Colour – 1/8 tsp (optional)
• Cashewnuts roasted in Ghee (optional)

Method:

1. In a sauce pan, fry the cream of wheat with 1/4 cup of ghee on medium heat till it turns light brown.
2. Pour the cold milk in a square or round pyrex dish and add sugar, saffron, food colour and half of the cardamom powder.
3. Gradually, mix the fried sooji into it. Micro-wave for 3 minutes.
4. Take it out and stir well.
5. Repeat the process 4-5 times (depending on the micro-wave) till it attains the consistency of halwa.
6. Stir in the rest of the ghee and cardamom before the last time you put into the microwave.
7. Add cashews.

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi