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    Soji Semolina Recipe

    January 25, 2012 by Helene Dsouza 11 Comments

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    Total Time: 8 minutes minutes
    Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
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    Soji or Sooji/Suji is a stir-fried semolina dessert in Goa, India.

    Semolina wheat is known as Rawa, so the term Rawa Soji is more common. Some places in India call this a Halwa.

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    • 📕 What's Soji?
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    I am constantly looking for quick, tasty recipes.

    Life around us is always a buzz, time scares, precious, and we try to do the maximum in a day.

    My plan for today's day, was to post a delicious, easy and quick to prepare semolina dessert dish.

    My husband is the master of this dish, and he is the one who introduced me to it.

    Its a traditional Indian recipe which is cooked and enjoyed throughout the country.

    It is mostly known as soji, in Goa they would spell it soege.

    📕 What's Soji?

    Soji is a semolina cake/pudding which is prepared in a pan over a hot fire and traditionally served on a banana leaf (without the plate).

    No baking is involved because people don't use ovens in these regions.

    I am sharing with you the basic recipe because I like it simpler and without extras.

    If you want, you can always add in scraped coconuts or almonds or even food colors to give it all another dimension.

    Be creative, try out some flavor ideas for this dish, and share it with us here!

    More Soji flavor ideas! 🥣

    • Pistachio
    • Cashew
    • Saffron
    • Chocolate Powder
    • a fresh mix of tropical fruits
    • Apple & cinnamon
    • Chikoo fruit (Sapote) & caramel

    More tasty desserts! 🍡

    • Coconut Pancakes
    • 5 Minute Shrikhand
    • Easy Vanilla Flan with Caramel

    Dear Reader, what do you think of my penned down thoughts in this post?

    📖 Recipe

    Soji - A quick semolina dessert

    4.34 from 3 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Goan
    Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 8 minutes minutes
    Servings: 2
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 100 grams Semolina
    • 60 grams Clarified Butter clarified Butter
    • 200 milliliter Milk
    • 30 grams Sugar
    • 4 Vanilla Extract

    Instructions

    • Take out your non stick frying pan and heat it on low fire up. Add the Semolina into the pan and stir fry till you see a light color change towards golden brown. Don't burn it!
    • Now mix in the ghee and continuously stir fry till it gets all together thicker. Continue by adding in the milk (first half the amount), the sugar and the vanilla essence. Don't forget to keep on stirring while it is all cooking and add in the rest of the milk once it is all getting thicker. The Semolina dish should be sticky and a bit dry.
    • Serve it warm, that's when it tastes the best. The semolina hardens fast, if kept standing for longer, and the experience might be not the same.
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    1. Wilfred says

      February 25, 2015 at 6:40 pm

      4 stars
      Hi
      Just come across your website in my search for an authentic Pork/Duck Goan Vindaloo recipe and found this semolina recipe. This was a childhood treat my brothers and myself use to have on a weekend. Certainly delicious when warm, but, equally delicious cold. My mother used water instead of milk and never used any essence but used cardamom powder instead, along with nuts and dried fruits.
      As for your website, I have found it a very interesting read, especially as you are not of the culture you live in. Myself, am an anglo-goan, my mother was from Calangute and my father from Yorkshire, UK. He did love his goan cuisine.
      Looking forward to the addition of recipes of todays Goa.
      Finally, your dish of Sooji does look delicious and will be making it.

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    2. Plateful says

      January 26, 2012 at 8:58 pm

      Ohh Helene, the Indian way of life must be really hard on you! Even after being an Indian at heart, there are some things I still can't stand when I'm there--and power failure is sure one of them! I was going your earlier posts and really liked the one on kanji--kanji with lentils, chutney or pickles is comfort food for us 🙂 Sooji looks yummy!

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    3. Helene Dsouza says

      January 26, 2012 at 11:56 am

      @Aarthi yes totaly yummy

      @Amelia thank u. =)

      @Keethana dont missunderstand me. there r a lots of nice things, as I said as human u have more freedom and opporunities but its defently more dangerous too. Keeps your mind busy, which I like. Otherwise I wouldnt be living here already for 5 years. I learned a lots here!
      u r right there is no place perfect in this world.

      @Karen thank u for passing by! =) yes it is very comforting, I enjoy it the best while relaxing and watching the simpsons. 😉

      @Frugal easy to make for sure. Maybe ur famile will like this dish, u should try it out.

      @Torview I am positivly surprised on how many blogger friends know and enjoy this dessert.

      @Ganga thanks! means a lot to hear that from a original local indian. XD

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    4. Torviewtoronto says

      January 26, 2012 at 6:24 am

      quick favourite that we enjoy as well hope you can join the tea time snack event

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    5. Frugal in WV says

      January 26, 2012 at 5:50 am

      I love recipes with few ingredients, this recipe look yummy!

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    6. backroadjournal says

      January 26, 2012 at 4:43 am

      Your recipe reminds me of how I feel when eating a bowl of warm rice pudding...very comforting.

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    7. LifenSpice says

      January 26, 2012 at 3:57 am

      Helene, I totally understand what you say. I know life there is not so easy and smooth sailing as in the western world. It is tougher for a person who lived all their life in Europe. Just take your time and take it easy. Aren't there a lot of nice things too? Oh, I love my country but I too feel a sense of disorientation when I am there sometimes, but then, which place is perfect?

      Oh, the Sooji looks perfect!

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    8. Amelia's De-ssert says

      January 25, 2012 at 11:29 pm

      Hi Helene, I have not eaten this dessert but I like your presentation. Very nice. Have a nice day.

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    9. Aarthi says

      January 25, 2012 at 10:32 pm

      Totally YUMMY

      Aarthi
      http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

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    10. Helene Dsouza says

      January 25, 2012 at 8:02 pm

      @Joanne lol yeah maybe the semolina dessert would have helped her. lol
      yeah its not for the faint heartet, india I mean.

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    11. Joanne says

      January 25, 2012 at 6:44 pm

      One of my friends just got back from a trip to India and she was amazed at how chaotic and disorganized it is. I think part of it is that she's really quite rigid/structured of a person. Perhaps if she had let loose and eaten more semolina dessert, she would have had a better time.

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