AUGUST 2015: Sheera

photoed by A. Rajan

Desserts makes my heart sing. Especially, if it is an Indian dessert called Sheera... I guess I can call it Semolina fudge. I remember every Marathi family from Maharashtra, had this as a staple offering to god during praying rituals. 

Recipe is very simple for this holy fudge. I like it better this way as it has milk and bananas as special ingredients instead of plain sugar water combo.

You will need:

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1 cup of fine semolina or sooji

1 cup of ghee

1 cup of sugar

a few cardamom seeds, finely ground

2 cups of milk

Golden raisins, slivered almonds as garnish (if you like)

1 banana

Procedure:

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1)You would heat the ghee first and roast the semolina until it becomes golden and specks of white dots disappear from semolina. 

2)Then, you can mash or cut the banana and add it into milk and sugar mixture. 

3)Add that mixture to the roasted semolina and keep stirring it till you see the ghee is separating on the edges. 

4)Add the cardamom powder at this stage along with slivered almonds and raisins. 

5)Keep stirring. It ensures that mixture won't burn or stick to the pot. 

Sheera is ready. Hope you will like it as much as I do.

Bon Appetit!

--A.R.