Rava Sheera

4.6 from 5 votes

Sheera - A classic Indian sweet (dessert) made on special occasions or festivals. This is a simple, quick and easy dish made with minimal and basic ingredients.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 3

Calories 399kcal

Author Kanan

Ingredients

▢ 1 ¼ cup Water
▢ ¼ cup Ghee (clarified butter)
▢ ½ cup Sooji (rava or semolina) (fine verity)
▢ ½ cup White granulated sugar
▢ ¼ teaspoon Green cardamom seeds powder
▢ 2 tablespoons Almonds , cashews, raisins, chopped

Instructions

Take ghee and fine semolina in a pan. Turn the heat on low-medium. Mix and start roasting the sooji with stirring constantly.
In the beginning, sooji feels heavy while stirring. Keep stirring and cooking.
On another stove, heat the water in a saucepan and bring it to a simmer. You can heat it in the microwave instead.
Roast the sooji until the slight color change and aromatic. Plus, it feels very light and bubbly while stirring. Ghee starts to ooze out from the sides. It takes around 7-8 minutes.
Now add that simmering water slowly and keep mixing with another hand to avoid lumps. Be very careful, it will get bubbly and may splutter a lot.
Keep mixing and within a couple of minutes, all the water is absorbed by the sooji.
Now add sugar. Mix, as the sugar melts it becomes loose and runny. Keep stirring and cooking till it thickens again. Sheera starts to leave the sides of the pan, ghee starts to ooze out from the sides.
Turn off the stove. Add cardamom powder and chopped nuts. Mix well and it is ready to serve.

Notes

Roasting Sooji: This is the most important step to get the best texture of rava sheera. Roast with stirring continuously until they are light, fluffy, slightly golden and aromatic.
Low-medium heat: During the entire sheera making process, keep the heat low-medium. If you have kept the heat medium to high, semolina will get color soon without being properly roasted.
Stir constantly: Whether it’s sooji roasting process or after adding water or sugar you’ll need to stir constantly from start to finish. You can’t do other tasks simultaneously. Focus on making sheera only.
Water temperature: Always add hot/warm water. Never add cold, room temperature tap water.
You can add your choice of nuts and dried fruits like cashews, almonds, raisins, chironji or charoli.
You can add a pinch of saffron while roasting sooji.

Nutrition

*Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving

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