vanilla paste Archives

Berry recipes

Panettone summer pudding

5 minutes

Christmas dessert

Vanilla yogurt labneh

5 minutes

Christmas dessert

Best-ever mince pie

35 minutes

Christmas dessert

Chai crème caramel

1 hour

Christmas recipes

Spiced canelé

1 hour

Biscuit recipes

Giant biscuit wreaths

30 minutes

Cake recipes

Citrus-and-poppy seed almond cake

35 minutes

Cake recipes

Chocolate cake

30 - 35 minutes

Coconut recipes

Vanilla coconut ice

Diwali recipes

Wedding soji

25 minutes

Wedding soji

Serves 12

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cooking Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

1 litre milk
1 x 385 g can condensed milk
1 x 290 g can Nestlé cream, plus extra for serving (optional)
120 g sugar
1 t vanilla paste
A pinch of salt
1½ t ground cardamom (elachi)
500 g semolina (I love using Taystee Wheat)
70 g chopped almonds
375 g butter
flaked almonds, toasted, for serving (optional)

Method

1. In a jug, combine the milk, condensed milk, cream, sugar, vanilla paste, salt and cardamom. Set aside.

2. In a large saucepan, toast the semolina and almonds over medium heat until golden in colour and smells nutty. Add the butter and allow to melt completely.

3. Add the wet ingredients all at once, stirring vigorously. The mixture will look runny at first,but keep stirring until the mixture begins to thicken. This can take up to 15 minutes.

4. Once the mixture has thickened to a dough-like consistency, remove it from the heat. Serve hot with dessert cream drizzled over the top and a sprinkle of flaked almonds.

Find more Diwali recipes here.

Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Khanya Mzongwana
Food assistant: Tahila Pillay

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