Semolina Sweet Dish

Suji Ki Qatli

                            

On  the festival  of Shab E Barat when I cooked  Suji ki Qatli, I was a little bit nervous as I am not expert to cook this dish.It was a difficult task for me and I was missing Mummy badly as she always  cooked best  Suji  ki  qatli. But I tried and it came out delicious.

Here is the recipe.....



Time-1 hour
Category- Indian Sweet dish 

Here is the recipe 

•   Semolina /Suji -  250 gm
•   Sugar/ 250 gm 
•   Water - 1 glass(sugar syrup)
•   Pure Ghee / Refind oil- 2 table spoon
•   Grated  Coconut -1 cup
•   Chirounji- 2 table spoon
•   kishmish(Raisins) - 2 table spoon 

How to cook 

Heat  a thick bottom  pan or khadhai ,roast  Suji in oil or ghee till it turn golden brown  on the low  flame .Take it out in the bowl ,  mix sugar  and cook it  approx 40 min  to  make it thick ( when you see chashni is  coming  out  as a   thick drop (ek taar ki  chashani ) then you add  roasted suji  in the  sugar syrup  and cook it for few minutes. 
In between apply some oil on the steel  tray or plate) and pour out mixture of  halwa  on  the tray ( you have to be very quick  to  spread  halwa on the tray other wise it will  turn  hard ) . 

Suji Ki Qatli

Garnish it with some more  coconut  and raisins. cut it into pieces, and  let it cool.It's done .

 You can store this dry  sooji ki qatli  for a  long time . Whenever you want to eat Sooji  ka geela halwa  put it  in the pan , add some  water and  cook it. 
 Suji ka Halwa is ready for you. 

Happy Cooking !!!
Arshia Zaidi