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Sheera recipe | prasad sheera recipe | sooji ka halwa recipe | how to make suji halwa

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Indian sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup coarse rava - semolina/sooji
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup melted ghee
  • 3 cup milk
  • Some saffron strands
  • 2 tbsp cashews
  • 2 tbsp almonds
  • 2 tbsp kismis
  • 2 tbsp pistachio
  • 1 tbsp charoli
  • Some tulsi leaves
  • 1 tsp cardamom powder

Instructions

  • In a pan, add 3 cup milk, some saffron strands, and 1 tsp ghee. Mix well and bring it to a boil on low flame.
  • Now in a pan, add ghee and heat it.
  • Then add sooji and roast on low flame till it completely puffs up and oozing ghee from the sides. (refer to video)
  • Now add dry fruits and roast them on low flame till it slightly changes color.
  • Then gradually add hot milk to roasted sooji and mix well.
  • Stir continuously sheera till the milk is completely absorb and ghee released from its sides.
  • Then add sugar and mix well till sugar is completely absorbed into the sheera and ghee released form its sides.
  • Now add cardamom powder and tulsi leaves. Mix well.
  • Serve hot prasad sheera or sooji sheera.

Notes

  • Take coarse rava or sooji for sheera.
  • The proportion of sooji, sugar, and ghee should be equal.
  • The proportion of sooji and milk should 1:3
  • Milk should be hot, so it will easily absorb into sooji.
  • Roast sooji on low-medium flame.
  • Sooji roasted perfectly when ghee release from its sides and granules puffs up.
  • Add hot milk gradually into roasted sooji.
  • When milk is completely absorbed then add sugar into sheera.
  • Sooji ka halwa tastes great when it serves slightly hot.