How To Cook Colorful Suji Halwa

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups suji
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup ghee
• Water as required
• 1.5 cups sugar or as required
• 2 tbsp powder milk
• ½ cup pistachios chopped
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• 1/4 tsp red food color
• 1/4 tsp vanilla for flavor

HOW TO COOK:

1. Heat a pan and roast the suji for 10-11 mins on a low flame. keep on stirring in between so that the suji does not burn and gets a uniform color. keep aside.
2. In another pan take water and sugar and give it one rolling boil. close the fire. strain the water to remove the sugar impurities and keep aside.
3. In a pan, melt ghee. fry pistachios nuts in the ghee till golden brown. 
4. Add the roasted suji and mix it with the ghee.
5.  Mix everything well and after 2-3 minutes add cardamom powder.
6.  Roast the suji, ghee, cardamom, pistachios nuts mixture for 12-15 minutes on a low flame.
7.  Add the hot sugar water to the suji slowly and gradually.
8. Add powder milk.
9.  Keep on stirring while adding the sugar solution. take care to see that no lumps are formed.
10. Warm 2 tbsp water and add color to it then add it to halwa.
11. Stir the whole mixture very well and let the suji halwa cook for 5-6 minutes more.
12. Add vanilla flavor.
13. Halwa is ready, now transfer it to the greased plate and level it with laddle.
14. Allow halwa to cool at least for half an hour before you cut them into desire shape and Serve it.