Semiya Halwa (Vermicelli sweet)
This is one of the sweets my mom specialized in.
Ingredients:
Semiya (vermicelli) - 1 cup
Milk + Water - 2 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cashews & Raisins - fried in ghee
Method:
- Fry vermicelli in little ghee under low-med flame till you get nice aroma and also golden color.
- Simultaneously, boil milk + water in soup pan.
- Add fried vermicelli to the boiling milk, stir and allow it to cook completely. Cooking hardly takes 3-5 mins.
- Cook completely but not overcook.
- Now, add sugar and stir continuously till this mixture gets thickened. This hardly takes 8-10 mins.
- Add ghee, fried cashews and raisins. Mix again.
- Pour this mixture in a ghee greased plate and allow it to air dry.
- When its almost dry, cut it into desired shape and allow to dry completely.
- Now separate the pieces and transfer into a container.
That's it! Simple yet Rich tasty sweet is ready!Serve immediately since no one can wait to taste it!
You can preserve them for few more days in refrigerator.


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