Semolina Pudding

Very very lazy Monday morning today.

Cousin got married over the weekend! Junior was in a good mood for both days, surrounded by family which he loves.

This was after the nikah at the girl's side. He was happily making this cute pose and laughing at himself haha.

My little king, slightly sleepy yet still wanted to pose with his crown.

Managed to slot in semolina pudding on Saturday morning, finally I got to make some. It's kinda hard to find a recipe online cos there's German version, Indian version and others as well. Few weeks ago I came across a recipe book by an Indian/Pakistani Singaporean and the semolina pudding looks like what I was looking for so I tried it out!

Sadly I didn't have rose water so the Indian flavour fell flat. Or maybe I should add in more cardamoms next time.

Semolina Pudding, by Liza Kassim

900ml water
1 cup sugar
2 tsp rose water (I didn't have this)
1 pandan leaf (Didn't have this either)
2-3 cardamoms
400ml evaporated milk (1 can)
1/4 tsp salt
2-3 drops colouring (I omitted)
1/2 cup almonds + 1/4 cup water blended into a paste
150g semolina

Heat the water, sugar, rose water, pandan leaf and cardamoms until it comes to a boiling point.
Reduce the heat to a simmer and slowly add the almond paste, salt, milk and colouring. Don't let mixture come to a boil.
Add in the semolina bit by bit. Once the semolina begins to thicken, take off from the heat.
Garnish with almonds and raisins.

Not bad for my first try, and I've been having it for breakfast hahaha. Next time I shall use the rose water and see if it makes a difference.

Makes 3 of the bigger ikea containers, plus some leftovers in the bowl (picture above).

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