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Banana Sheera | Sooji halwa with banana

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Banana Sheera is a sweet recipe made from rava / semolina/sooji, sugar, and banana along with ghee. This banana sooji halwa is a pudding-like sweet prepared for festive occasions or prasadam recipes or simply for a sweet breakfast. We can even serve this banana Sheera as a dessert.
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Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack, sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4
Calories 100 kcal

Ingredients
  

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup rava/sooji/semolina
  • 1 big banana (or 2 small bananas)
  • 4 tbsp ghee
  • 2 tbsp cashew nuts
  • 3 cups water
  • 4-6 tbsp sugar (as you like)
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder
  • 1 pinch salt (optional)

Instructions
 

Preparation:

  • Take one big ripe banana or two small Bananas, peel and chop into small pieces.

Recipe to make banana Sheera:

  • Heat ghee in a wide non-stick pan.
  • Fry cashew nut pieces in ghee for 3 to 4 minutes until you get light brown color.
  • Now add rava and start frying the rava in ghee in low medium flame for 5 mins.
  • Do not increase the temperature and don't let the rava to change its color. You will get a nice aroma from the fried sooji, now add the banana pieces and mix with Rava.
  • Pour 3 cups of water for one cup of Rava gradually. Stir the rava and banana with water continuously to avoid lumps in medium temperature. Add water slowly and gradually so that you will get time to mix.
  • Rava absorbs water instantly and gets cooked in few minutes. If you like you can close and cook for 2 minutes.
  • When the rava is fully cooked and absorbed all the water add sugar. Adjust the level of sweetness according to your preference. For one cup banana Sheera, I use 4 tablespoons of sugar. If your banana is of sweeter variety then you can reduce the sugar quantity.
  • Around after 10 minutes in total, the sheera will be ready and leaves the pan as shown. Now add cardamom powder and a teaspoon of ghee at last.
  • Serve as breakfast or dessert or festival sweet or prasadam on occasions.

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Notes

Tips: 1. Use well-ripened Banana for making this sheera. 2. You can use brown sugar or jaggery powder instead of sugar if you like.

Nutrition

Calories: 100kcal
Keyword Banana sheera, Banana sooji halwa, Sooji halwa with banana, Sweets with banana
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