Semolina Sweetmeat
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups water
- 3/4 cup ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 cup durum semolina flour coarse
- 1/4 cup pistachio nuts blanched
- 1/4 cup almonds slivered, blanched
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom seeds ground
- 1 teaspoon rosewater
- Combine sugar and water in a pan and stir occasionally until dissolved over medium heat.
- Bring to the boil, and boil briskly for 5 minutes without stirring.
- Remove from heat and leave aside in pan.
- In a heavy deep pan heat ghee and add semolina.
- Stir over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Semolina should not colour.
- Pour hot syrup over semolina, stirring constantly.
- When smoothly blended, reduce heat a little and leave to cook, uncovered, until liquid is absorbed.
- Mixture should be thick, but still moist at this stage.
- Stir in nuts, and cardamom and rose water to taste.
- Cover rim of pan with a cloth or 2 paper towels, put lid on tightly and leave on low heat for 5 minutes.
- Turn of heat and leave pan undisturbed for 10 minutes.
- Spread halwau on a flat, lightly oiled platter and decorate with nuts.
- Serve warm or cold, cutting pieces into diamond shapes or squares.
sugar, water, ghee, durum semolina flour coarse, pistachio nuts, almonds slivered, cardamom seeds ground, rosewater
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/semolina-sweetmeat-32355 (may not work)