'Shujir Payesh' - Bengali semolina pudding
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • ¼th cup Semolina
  • 2 cans evaporated milk
  • 1 cup whole milk (if required)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ cup sugar (adjust to taste)
  • 5 pods cardamom powdered
  • ½ cup cashewnuts
  • 1 tsp almond flakes (optional)
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • few strands of saffron (optional) soaked in 1 tbsp warm milk
  • 1 tsp ghee (clarified butter)
  • ¼ tsp rose water
Instructions
  1. In a deep heavy bottomed pan, bring evaporated milk to boil.
  2. Add cardamoms.
  3. Simmer for 10 minutes.
  4. In a separate pan, heat 1 tsp ghee, and fry bay leaf and the cashews till golden.
  5. Once the milk is boiling, lower the flame to simmer, stirring constantly.
  6. Transfer the cashews into the milk directly from the pan, along with the residual ghee. Discard the bay leaf.
  7. Add raisins.
  8. Now add semolina. Keep stirring till the semolina looks nicely cooked and the pudding looks creamy but not too thick. It should be of liquid consistency. Add hot milk if the consistency looks too thick.
  9. Add sugar and rose water, and cook for 1 minutes.
  10. Take it off the heat, garnish with saffron strands in soaked milk.
  11. Serve it hot, or chilled.
Notes
This is an authentic Indian dessert. You can find most ingredients in Indian Stores or even large departmental grocery stores like Wegmans. This is also a comparatively healthy dessert, rich in iron, selenium, dietary fiber, protein and calcium.
Recipe by The Lady 8 Home at https://www.thelady8home.com/dadas-kirti-rakhi-and-shujir-payesh-bengali-semolina-pudding/