Banno Halwa

Servings: 15 people

Ingredients:

• 2 cups suji/cream of wheat(course one)
• 2 cans of carnation milk (or 2% or fat-free milk)
• 2 cups of white sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• 1/2 cup peeled split almonds
• 1 cup desi ghee
• 
  4 green cardamom or 1 teaspoon of green cardamom powder

Directions:

Soak suji in the carnation milk for 2 to 3 hours. If your suji absorbs all the milk and the batter becomes too thick then add a little bit of milk too.

Take a deep cooking pot, put ghee in it on medium heat and add green cardamom. When the ghee melts, add sugar and keep stirring until all the sugar melts and is caramelized.

sugar has become caramelized

Add all of the soaked suji batter and keep stirring to avoid lumps.

Stir for about 15 to 20 minutes until you see a little bit of oil separating then it is done. 

Add chopped almonds, stir once and turn off the heat.

Put it on a plate and press gently to spread it evenly.

Cut the pieces as shown in the picture and place a split almond on each piece and serve.