Sooji, or suji (pronounced soo-jee), and rawa (pronounced ruh-waa) are Hindi words for granulated wheat, otherwise known as semolina. All are from the same powder or flour that is made from wheat.  Rawa, sometimes called rava, is best known as an ingredient in rawa laddoo, a popular Indian sweet which is prepared on festivals like Diwali, Sri Krishna Jayanti, and Ganesh Chaturthi. Sooji ka halwa is another Indian-inspired dessert that has a pudding-like texture. It is made with many ingredients including lentils, veggies, fruits, and grains. Rawa is used to make idlis, rava dosa, and uttapam, common foods in South India.

Technically, semolina, as you probably know it, is the coarsely purified wheat middlings of durum wheat. In India, it may be described as the residue of milled material, after the flour is grounded in a flour mill (chakki). It is passed through a fine mesh until the flour and semolina are separated.