Rajgira sheera or Rajgira halwa - a sweet dish made from amaranth flour, sugar, and milk. It is flavored with cardamom powder and garnished with chopped almonds.
Take milk and sugar in a saucepan, Turn the heat on medium and just warm it up. No need to boil. Alternately you can warm up the milk-sugar mixture in the microwave as well.
Heat the ghee in a pan on medium-low heat.
Once hot add rajgira atta. keep cooking with constantly stirring with a spatula. Also, keep an eye on the milk as well.
Roast the rajgira till you get the toasted, nutty aroma of the flour. It gets slightly brown in color.
Once the flour is roasted, add the warm milk-sugar mixture. Be Careful it will be bubbly and it may splutter. Immediately mix well using a spatula.
Continue cooking with stirring constantly till it gets thick, all the moisture is evaporated. And the ghee starts to ooze out from the sides. Also, the sheera will leave the sides of the pan. Then turn off the stove
Lastly, add cardamom powder and chopped nuts. Mix well and serve.
Notes
Roasting the flour really well is the key to make good tasting rajgira halwa. So take your time and roast really well on medium-low heat.
There are few signs that you know flour is roasted well
You get the nutty aroma.
It gets slightly loose and you will feel light while you're stirring it compared to the beginning.