Baby Food: Sooji Kheer/ Semolina Pudding

The Sooji Kheer is easily digestible and works very good as a baby food, if you don’t add chopped dry fruits. instead just add ground dry fruits powder.

1. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a thick bottomed pan or sauce pan.
2. Add 2 tbsp cashews/kaju and fry them in the ghee for about 1 minute on a low flame.
3. Add 3 tbsp sooji/rava/semolina.
4. Saute and stir continuously.
5. The sooji would start to release its aroma. you will also see ghee separating from the sooji. takes about 3 to 4 mins on low flame. stir continuously so that the sooji gets fried evenly. the cashews would also become golden by then.
6. Add 3 cups milk (750 ml) and stir.
7. Add 4 to 4.5 tbsp sugar and stir again. 
8. Stir and bring the sooji kheer to a gentle simmer.
9. Lastly add ¼ tsp cardamom powder (4 cardamoms crushed to a powder in a mortar-pestle ), 1 tbsp raisins/kishmish 
10. Stir the kheer and switch off the flame.
11. Serve sooji kheer hot or warm or refrigerate & then serve chilled