Sheera Recipe

sheera recipe | rava sheera recipe | sooji sheera | sooji ka sheera with detailed photo and video recipe. a simple and classical south indian dessert recipe made with semolina, ghee and sugar. the recipe is generally made for breakfast and served as an accompaniment to a savory dishes like upma, khara bhath and poha. having said that the recipe can also be served as sweet or dessert for any meal including lunch and dinner.

Rava Kesari Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
  • 7 cashew / kaju, halves
  • 2 tbsp raisins / kishmish
  • ½ cup rava / semolina / suji, coarse
  • 1½ cup water
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
  • 3 drops yellow food colour
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder

Step 1

1. firstly, in a pan add 2 tbsp ghee and roast 7 cashew, 2 tbsp raisins on low flame.

Step 2

2. once it turns golden brown, keep aside

Step 3

3. in the remaining ghee add ½ cup rava and roast for 5 minutes on low flame. keep aside.

Step 4

4. in a large kadai get 1½ cup water to a rolling boil.

Step 5

5. add roasted rava slowly, stirring continuously.

Step 6

6. the rava will absorb all the water and turns a lump-free mixture.

Step 7

7. now add ½ cup sugar and continue to stir.

Step 8

8.sugar dissolves completely and gets absorbed by rava.

Step 9

9. further add ¼ cup ghee and 3 drops yellow food colour. adding food colour is completely optional

Step 10

10. now mix well making sure everything is well combined.

Step 11

11. cover and simmer for 5 minutes making sure rava is cooked completely.

Step 12

12.further add roasted cashew, raisins and ½ tsp cardamom powder.

Step 13

13.mix well making sure everything is well combined.

Step 14

14.finally, enjoy sheera with khara bath or serve as prasada.