HALWA PORI

INGREDIENTS:
Halwa:
Sooji                                    1 cup
Butter                                   1/3 cup
Sugar                                   1/2 cup
Cardamom                           4-5 ground
Water                                  1-1/2 cup
Sliced almonds & raisins       1/4 cup

Poori:
All purpose flour      2 cups + 1 tbsp
Wheat flour             1/2 cup
Water                    3/4 cup (variable)

Salt                        1 tsp

Egg white                1
Ghee/Butter            2 tbsp
Vegetable oil          2-3 cups

METHOD:
Halwa:
1. Boil water, sugar &  few cardamom for 15 minutes till the syrup reduces to 1 cup.

2. Fry Sooji in butter & cardamom till it turns light brown.

3. Over medium low heat, add the sugar syrup in Sooji mixture.

4.Add nuts, cover the mixture & leave it for 15 minutes over low heat.

Orange food color can be added in sugar syrup if you want halwa to be colored.

Poori:
1. Mix ghee/butter, egg & 1 tbsp of  flour together.

2. Mix the rest of the ingredients together. When the dough is fully mixed, add the butter & egg mixture in it.

3. Leave the dough in refrigerator for at least 2 hrs.

4. Make small balls of dough, flatten them 6 inches & deep fry in oil.

Serve warm with halwa.