Sheera Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	5 min
Cook time	10 min
Serves	4 servings

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Ingredients

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for roasting:

• 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
• 7 cashew / kaju (halves)
• 2 tbsp raisins / kishmish
• ½ cup rava / semolina / suji (coarse)

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other ingredients:

• 1½ cup water
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
• 3 drops yellow food colour
• ½ tsp cardamom powder

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Instructions

1. firstly, in a pan add 2 tbsp ghee and roast 7 cashew, 2 tbsp raisins on low flame.
2. once it turns golden brown, keep aside.
3. in the remaining ghee add ½ cup rava and roast for 5 minutes on low flame. keep aside.
4. in a large kadai get 1½ cup water to a rolling boil.
5. add roasted rava slowly, stirring continuously.
6. the rava will absorb all the water and turns a lump-free mixture.
7. now add ½ cup sugar and continue to stir.
8. sugar dissolves completely and gets absorbed by rava.
9. further add ¼ cup ghee and 3 drops yellow food colour. adding food colour is completely optional.
10. now mix well making sure everything is well combined.
11. cover and simmer for 5 minutes making sure rava is cooked completely.
12. further add roasted cashew, raisins and ½ tsp cardamom powder.
13. mix well making sure everything is well combined.
14. finally, enjoy sheera with khara bath or serve as prasada.

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Step-by-step

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Video

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Notes

• firstly, roasting rava helps to prevent from lump forming.
• also, you can add milk in place of water to make rich sheera.
• furthermore, adjust the amount of sweetness to your preference.
• finally, sheera recipe tastes great when served warm and soft.