Chikoo Suji Halwa / Sapota Kesari Recipe

Sapota or fondly referred as chikoo is a seasonal fruit which is harvested during August till March. Sapota is very sweet and grainy textured fruit, when used in dessert dishes this fruit tastes amazing.

Recipe Video is uploaded on Vidyascooking Youtube Channel

Sapota / Chioo Halwa Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Sapota / Chikoo

1/2 Cup Sooji / Rawa /Semolina

1/2 Cup Sugar

4 Tbsp Ghee

10 Cashews

10 Raisins

3 Cardamoms

1 Cup Milk

1/2 Cup Warm Water

Prep:

Wash and peel the sapota, chop and remove the seeds.

Add the sapota and sugar to a mixerjar and grind to form a smooth paste. Add 1/2 the amount of milk and grind to form smooth puree.

Wash and peel few more sapotas, remove the seeds and chop into tiny bite pieces for garnish and reserve.

Heat a pan on medium flame once the pan is hot place on low flame, add the sooji and constantly keep stirring and dry roasting for 2 minutes until the sooji is light pink in color. Remove from flame a reserve on a plate.

Method:

Heat a pan on medium flame with ghee. Add cashews and raisins and fry till light golden.

Add the roasted sooji and fry for 2 minutes in ghee. Add the remaining milk to the sooji and stir till no lumps are formed.

Add the sapota puree to the sooji and stir well add 1/4 cup of water and stir well and cook till the sooji is well cooked. Constantly keep stirring making sure the semolina doesn't form lumps.

Once the halwa is cooked it will form a ball consistency and ghee will separate from halwa. Remove the halwa from flame and transfer to a serving plate.

Top the halwa with chopped sapota and serve hot...Enjoy!