Soji - Quick and Easy

Even though it seems the recipe has too much butter, believe me it is necessary. As long as you follow the recipe using the exact amounts, you will have perfectly soft and delicious soji…

Ingredients

250g Butter

1 cup Taystee Wheat or Semolina

1 litre Milk

1 extra large egg (optional)

1 tin condensed milk (360g)

2 tablespoons desiccated coconut (optional)

1 teaspoon elachi powder (cardamom - freshly ground)

1 cinnamon stick

1 teaspoon egg yellow or pinch saffron

2 tablespoons sultanas (optional)

1 tin Nestles Cream (290g)

Almonds and pistachios (slivered)

Method:

In a large bowl whisk together the milk and egg. Melt butter in a pot on medium heat. Add the cinnamon stick and taystee wheat and stir continuously until it turns a pinkish colour. Remove from stove. Add the sultanas, coconut and milk/egg mixture, whisking to prevent lumps forming. Now place the pot on low heat whisking continuously. When the milk heats up and it starts to thicken, remove from stove and add the condensed milk, elachi powder and saffron/egg yellow… Place on stove again and allow to thicken further.

Preheat your oven to 180’C and place pot (covered) in oven for approximately 10 to 15 minutes. It must be soft and sticky (not grainy) when done. Garnish with Nestles cream, and slivered almonds/pistachios… I promise you, this recipe is superb!

PS: Using freshly ground elachi powder makes a huge difference! Simply toast the elachi seeds in a frying pan, cool and crush with a rolling pin….

Leave out the egg for an eggless soji...

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