Roasted Coconut Sojee recipe by Zainub Ismail

Ingredients

• 100g butter
• 4 Elachi (cardomom) pods
• 3 to 4 cinnamon sticks
• 250g semolina or tasty wheat
• ½ cup shredded/desiccated coconut roasted few minutes in oven till golden
• 1 tablespoon finely ground almonds
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 litre milk (or 500ml water mixed with 500ml milk)
• 1 egg
• Pinch saffron strands
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 teaspoon rose essence/ 1 tablespoon rose water
• Chopped pistachio nuts
• Little more roasted coconut for topping