Banana Sheera

The BEST Banana sheera recipe!! 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

How To Make Banana Sheera? (Stepwise Pics)

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

Banana sheera is ready to serve.

satyanarayan prasad sheera

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Banana Sheera Recipe

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The BEST Banana sheera recipe!! It is sooji halwa with banana aka banana sooji halwa.
Author: Kanan
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Calories: 276kcal
Servings 4
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
  • 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
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