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.