• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Spice Up The Curry
  • Home
  • About
  • Recipes
    • By Category
    • By Ingredients
    • Festivals
    • Collections
  • Subscribe
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
  • About
  • Recipes
  • Ingredients
  • Festivals
  • Subscribe
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • search icon
    Homepage link
    • About
    • Recipes
    • Ingredients
    • Festivals
    • Subscribe
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • ×
    Home » Indian Sweets

    Banana Sheera Recipe (Satyanarayan Prasad)

    Published: Aug 28, 2013 · Last Modified: Aug 11, 2020 by Kanan Patel / 17 Comments

    Jump to Recipe Pin Recipe
    Banana sheera recipe (How to make banana sheera recipe for prasad)

    The BEST Banana sheera recipe!! Also known as Satyanarayan Prasad Sheera. It is made from semolina, sugar, and banana. It is similar to the sooji halwa with the addition of banana aka banana sooji halwa.

    Banana sheera recipe

    Satyanarayan Prasad Sheera:

    Usually, it is offered to God as a prasadam while performing ‘Satyanarayan Pooja’ or any other pooja like Devi pooja or Ganesh pooja.

    When I was a kid, I always wait for the pooja to finish, so I get to eat this banana sheera as a prasad.

    Basically, on the pooja day, devotees keep fast for the whole day. After the pooja ends, it is distributed to devotees or followers and they break their fast by eating this. Prasad means god’s or deity’s blessing.

    Here I have added water but for a richer taste, you can use milk instead. But as per Ayurveda, milk and banana is the worst food combination which can upset the stomach. So I usually prefer water.

    How to make banana sheera?

    1) First, mash the banana using a fork.
    mashed banana

    2) Heat the ghee in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cashews. Fry them till they are golden brown.
    frying cashews

    3) Drain the excess oil and remove it to the bowl. If using raisin then add them now, within a few seconds they will plump up. Remove into the same bowl with cashews.
    fried cashew nuts in a bowl

    4) Now add sooji to the ghee. Roast it with stirring continuously on medium-low heat.
    roasting sooji

    5) While roasting sooji, on another stove put the water and bring it to a boil. Alternately you can heat the water in the microwave too.

    6) It will take about 6-8 minutes. It becomes very light brown in color. Make sure to roast on medium-low heat with stirring constantly. You will get a nice aroma of roasted sooji.
    light brown rosted semolina

    7) Once sooji is roasted well, add boiling water. As you add the water, keep mixing. By doing this you will get smooth consistency If you dump all the water at once you will end up with lumps of sooji.
    adding water to roasted semolina

    8) Cook with stirring constantly till the mixture becomes dry. And ghee will start to ooze out from the sides and it leaves the sides of the pan.
    cooked the mixture till thick

    9) Add sugar and mashed banana.
    adding sugar and mashed banana

    10) Mix well and again it becomes runny as sugar melts. Keep stirring.
    mix and cooking the sheera mixture

    11) And cook till it leaves the sides of the pan and you will see some ghee oozing out from it. At that time turn off the stove.
    cooked till ghee ooze outs

    12) Add cashews, raisins and cardamom powder.
    adding fried cashews and cardamom powder

    13) Mix well and it is ready.
    satyanarayan prasad sheera is ready

    If making this for pooja then add few pomegranate arils on top and then offer to the God. I have seen served this way in many temples.

    Serving suggestion: This banana sheera is usually made as a prasad to offer to the god while performing any pooja especially Satyanarayan pooja.

    satyanarayan prasad sheera

    Check out other halwa recipes
    Pineapple halwa  //  Mango halwa  //  Atte ka halwa  //  Gajar halwa

    Step by Step Photos AboveWant to make it perfect first time? Don't forget to check out Step-by-Step photo instructions and helpful Tips & Tricks !!
    Banana sheera recipe (How to make banana sheera recipe for prasad)
    Print Pin Save Saved!

    Banana Sheera Recipe (Satyanarayan Prasad Sheera)

    5 from 2 votes
    Tried this recipe? Leave a comment and/or give ★ ratings
    The BEST Banana sheera recipe!! Also known as Satyanarayan Prasad Sheera. It is sooji halwa with banana aka banana sooji halwa.
    Author: Kanan
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Indian
    Calories: 276kcal
    Servings 4 servings
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes
    US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

    Ingredients  

    • 3 tablespoons Ghee (Clarified Butter)
    • 2 tablespoons Cashew nuts chopped
    • ½ tablespoon Raisins optional
    • ½ cup Sooji (rava or semolina)
    • 1 cup Water
    • ⅓ cup Sugar
    • 1 medium Banana mashed or chopped
    • ¼ teaspoon Green cardamom seeds powder

    Instructions 

    • First, mash the banana using a fork.
    • Heat the ghee in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cashews. Fry them till they are golden brown.
    • Drain the excess oil and remove it to the bowl.
    • If using raisin then add them now, within a few seconds they will plump up. Remove into the same bowl with cashews.
    • Now add sooji to the remaining ghee. Roast it with stirring continuously on medium-low heat.
    • While roasting sooji, on another stove put the water and bring it to a boil. Alternately you can heat the water in the microwave too.
    • It will take about 6-8 minutes. It becomes very light brown in color.
    • Make sure to roast on medium-low heat with stirring constantly. You will get a nice aroma of roasted sooji.
    • Once sooji is roasted well, add boiling water. As you add the water, keep mixing.
    • Cook with stirring constantly till the mixture becomes dry. And ghee will start to ooze out from the sides and it leaves the sides of the pan.
    • Add sugar and mashed banana.
    • Mix well and again sheera becomes runny as sugar melts. Keep stirring.
    • And cook till it leaves the sides of the pan and you will see some ghee oozing out from it.
    • At that time turn off the stove. Add cashews, raisins and cardamom powder.
    • Mix well and it is ready.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 276kcal | Carbohydrates: 40.9g | Protein: 3.7g | Fat: 11.9g | Saturated Fat: 6.4g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 178mg | Fiber: 1.8g | Sugar: 21.1g
    *Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
    Did you make this recipe?Snap a pic, mention @spice.up.the.curry or tag #spiceupthecurry. I would love to see.

    Similar Recipes

    • Gajar Halwa Recipe (Carrot Halwa)
    • Rice Kheer
    • Kaju Katli
    • Chocolate Burfi
    112 shares
    • Facebook25
    • WhatsApp

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

      Leave a Reply Cancel reply

      Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

      Recipe Rating




      This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    1. Michelle Dominics

      April 26, 2020 at 8:49 am

      Awesome,

      Tried it for the first time and it turned out super.

      Reply
      • Kanan Patel

        April 26, 2020 at 2:36 pm

        Glad to hear it

        Reply
    « Older Comments

    Primary Sidebar

    Kanan

    Hi, I'm Kanan Patel. I share easy, delicious vegetarian recipes (mostly Indian) and Eggless baking recipes that you can sure count on!

    More about me →

    Indian Spice Box

    Indian Spice Box

    Top Recipes

    • Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • World’s BEST Eggless Brownies
    • Punjabi Shahi Paneer (Restaurant Style)
    • Chipotle Sauce
    • Eggless Banana Muffins Recipe
    • Frankie Recipe (Bombay Veg Frankie Roll)

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • About Kanan
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure
    • Accessibility Policy
    • Nutrition Disclaimer

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates. Plus get a bonus cooking tips!

    Resources

    • Conversion Chart
    • Glossary
    • Recipe Index
    • Contact

    As Featured In

    Spice Up The Curry Featured in sites

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2022 Spice Up The Curry