Soji (Indian Wheat Pudding)
Ingredients
- ½ cup (120 g) cashew nuts, broken
- ½ cup (120 g) raisins
- 4 pods cardamom
- 3 tbsp cream of wheat
- 3 tsp sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 cup (240 ml) milk
Ingredients for 4 servings (560 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Wash the cashews and raisins and keep them ready.
- 2
Crush the cardamom pods to remove the contents and discard the husks. Pound the contents of the pods into a black powder, and mix with the cream of wheat.
- 3
Add the sugar and salt to the cream of wheat and mix thoroughly.
- 4
Melt the butter in a saucepan and gently fry the cream of wheat in it.
Stovetop - 5
Add the cashews and raisins to the saucepan and continue to fry until the cream of wheat is light brown.
Stovetop - 6
Add the milk to the saucepan and stir. The mixture will thicken and you will need to keep stirring to prevent it sticking to the bottom of the saucepan and burning.
Stovetop - 7
When the mixture solidifies, turn off the heat and take the saucepan off the heat.
Stovetop - 8
Serve hot.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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