The creamiest Coconut Halwa or Coconut Sheera is perfect for Indian festivals such as Diwali or special occasions. You can easily prepare this creamy halwa with semolina (sooji) and coconut milk.
Ingredients
Semolina - I used fine white semolina. You can also use coarse semolina/rawa/suji.
Coconut Milk -Â we used thick variety.
Desiccated Coconut
Mawa - I used homemade mawa/khoya
Sugar - white granulated sugar
Ghee - I used homemade desi ghee
Saffron - 10/12 threads soaked in 1 tablespoon warm milk
Mixed nuts - Charoli, and Pistachios and Almonds (slivered)
Cardamom Powder
Tips for Nariyal Ka Halwa Recipe
Keep the heat low when roasting the semolina and take your time with roasting it
Wait until the semolina turns light pink and aromatic. You can then move onto the next step.
Use full-fat versions of the ingredients for the creamiest halwa.
Serving and Storing:
You can make this siro in advance. It keeps well in the fridge for up to 2 days - keep away from other strong-smelling food
Serve either warm or at room temperature for the best flavour.
This siro or halwa can be served as Prasad for any holy occasions or ceremonies.
Also can be served as dessert after having a spicy Indian meal or served in a Gujarati Thali.
Sometimes we pair it with Aloo Chole (potato and chickpea curry without onion-garlic) and Poori (deep-fried Indian flatbreads) for Sunday brunch.
Other Halwa Recipes and Semolina Recipes
1. Garvanu (Gujarati semolina kheer)
2. Chocolate Passionfruit Semolina cake
3. Sooji Gujiya
6. Habshi Halwa
COCONUT HALWA | SOOJI NARIYAL KA HALWA
Ingredients
- ½ cup semolina
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup ghee + 1 tbsp
- ½ cupkhoya - milk solid used home made
- 3-4 tablespoon desiccated or fresh grated coconut
- ½ cup coconut milk
- 1 cup of plain water
- 10-12 threads of saffron soaked in 1 tsp. milk
- ½ teaspoon cardamom seed powder
- 2-3 tablespoon slivered almonds and pistachios to decorate
- 1 tbsp. Cuddapah Almonds.
- Kadai or heavy-based frying pan
- Spatula
Instructions
- Heat sugar and 1 cup water in a saucepan, just one boil enough. Don't need to make syrup.
- Heat ghee in the heavy bottom pan and start roasting semolina.
- Keep the heat very low and stir continuously to prevent any burn or sticking at the bottom of the pan.
- It will take about 8-9 minutes, roast till semolina gets very light brown colour.
- Add sugar water and khoya and keep mixing making sure there are no lumps.
- Now add charoli and cashew nuts, coconut and coconut milk, keep mixing till you see ghee separating from the mixture.
- Now add cardamom powder, and add saffron water and 1 tablespoon ghee.
- Cook another minute or so and turn off the heat.
- Transfer in a serving bowl or plate and garnish with slivered nuts.
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Notes
Nutrition
PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.
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divya says
looks fantastic...love it
Anonymous says
sheera is our weakness and adding nariyal means it gets addictive, can have that whole bowl in one go... yumm 🙂
great-secret-of-life says
love the addition of coconut.. Must try
Achu says
Wow amazing dear!! loved it and wonderful clicks 🙂
Vrinda says
Looks Fab Jagruti 🙂 Love it 🙂
Javelin Warrior says
What a tasty pudding and I love the use of semolina. The pistachios and cashews also sound like delicious additions and I'm so intrigued by the flavors...
Unknown says
yummy yummy
Shama Nagarajan says
delicious...
nayana says
awesome and super tempting pudding...
Unknown says
Lovely.. variety recipe for Prasadam
Shobha says
The halwa looks Heavenly !
Nice presentation as always !!
Unknown says
yummy pudding and enjoy the party di
kitchen queen says
yummy delicious and tempting pudding.
Hari Chandana says
Rich and delicious halwa.. Yummy !!
Hamaree Rasoi says
Pudding looks simply ravishing. Wonderfully presented as well. Great to see that your preparation at the potluck party was a super hit.
Deepa