Rava Sheera | Sooji Halwa
a popular Indian dessert made with semolina, milk and sugar
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup semolina (rava)
- ½ cup clarified butter (ghee) + few drops for frying the cashew nuts
- ¾ cup warm milk (doodh)
- ½ cup hot water (paani)
- ½ cup sugar (cheeni)
- 2 tsp raisins (kishmish)
- 8 to 10 cashewnuts (kaju)
- 1 tsp cardamom (elaichi powder )
Optional ingredients
- Pistachio slivers
- dried rose petals for garnishing
Instructions
- Heat few drops of ghee in a pan.
- Add cashew nuts and fry for a minute on low flame.Remove and keep aside.
- Add half cup of ghee into the pan.
- When the ghee starts melting, add the rava and saute on slow flame for 10 to 15 minutes till the rava is well cooked and turns aromatic.
- When the rava is fried well, add sugar. Give a quick mix.
- Now, add warm milk and hot water.
- Keep stirring the mixture continuously on low flame.
- Rava will absorb milk and water and will start leaving the sides of the pan.
- Add fried cashew nuts, raisins, cardamom powder and mix well.
- Garnish with pistachio slivers and rose petals.
- Rava sheera is ready to be served.