Minerva

I want the recipie for Sooji Ka Halwa, one that is hard and crunchy not the soft mushy one. gracias in advance for your help.

funguy

Soak 1 cup of sooji in water for about an hour. The more soak time the better.

Heat up 1/3 cup of olive oil in a medium size pot. Medium to high heat

Add 1 cup of sugar to the heated oil. Do not stir. As soon as you see brown caramelization, add the soaked sooji (make sure you drain off the excess water before adding to the pot)

Now zor zor say chamchaa hilaaow. Do that for about 4 to 5 minutes.

Reduce heat, cover the pot and let it dum for 5 minutes.

Halwa tayyar!

syani1

Olive oil?? Wouldn't that change the flavor and taste of the sooji? I take dry sooji, fry it in butter or ghee till golden brown, add a couple of pods of cardamom, little piece of cinnamon stick, boiling water, sugar, cook until done.

Minerva

shukran jazeeran Fungo. My bhabi will definitly use asli ghee instead of Olive oil.

But are you sure this is will turn into that hard crusty stuff and not that mush mush sooji ka halwa.

funguy

Aap Aazmaa ker daikh laiN... Taskeen naa honay per paisay waapis.

MARRIED NY

Now zor zor say chamchaa hilaaow...lols i like this now zor zor sy

funguy

lagta hay aap dheeray dheeray say hilaati hain............chamchaa.

Femme Fatale

yumm, sounds good. thanks FG.

p.s. does it go crazy bubbling and jumping all over ur hands? gloves recommended?

funguy

Only thing that fizzles when I am cooking this halwa is the excess oil. So don't put too much. Other than that I am not sure what might fizzle up when you are near by and especially if wearing a glove!

funguy

oh and you may also add crushed ilaaichi before the 'dum' stage.

If you want the color to be dark golden, then delay the caramlization process.

Minerva

hmm, thanks FG. I 'll try this recipie someday
ya, I know abt adding cardamom but we can also add it while we are stirring or bhoonofying the halwa, no?

funguy

yeah, some folks add it in the beginning. I think it kills the flavor if you cook ilaichee for long. I add it jest before the dum. And don't wait for that 'some day' do it now you procrastinator!

Ira

Femme if somehow you get water in the oil, that could make the oil go bizarke on you too.

Is this halwa any good? I have never had cruncy halwa of sooja ever.

funguy

Ira, you can be the first in your family even Khaandaan to invent this halwa. Just do it...what is at stake at the most? a cup of sooji and some sugar?

Ira

fungo i am on a diet Thats what at stake!!! I am afraid of getting addicted to it

On a serious note it sounds different. I shall try it and report back soon.

Femme Fatale

My khala used to make it, hers was actually more hard and chewy than hard and crunchy.

Minerva

chalow chewy he sahee, tum post tow karow, FeFe. The more the better...

yourfriend

soak sooji for an hour or so?.. are you sure this is the recipe of halwa but not the 'maleedah' aur 'gooND'?

Sadaf

funguy - i made halwa last night with this recipe...
to tell you the truth I didnt like it
bhigonay se sooji ki personality maari gaie.
sticky si koi cheez ban gaie, ya shayad meray zor zor se hillanay main koi kasar reh gaie
however I liked the caramel flavor, sugar was too much for my taste, and I also added fried nut

Minerva

umm, so we need another recipie, you know just incase :--D FG, come back and post more, help us mere mortals in our quest to find the 'bestest' recipe for Sooji ka sakht wala halwa. shukran...