Ambyacha Sheera ~ Mango Sheera

Sheera is a traditional and popular Maharashtrian sweet dish. Maharashtrians. Mango adds its own flavour to the sheera and makes it very special and tasty. 

Ingredients:

• Barik Rava / Fine Semolina- 1 cup
• Milk- 1 cup
• Water- 1 cup
• Fresh Mango puree- 1 cup (Read in detail, plz see below in notes.) 
• Sugar- ¾  cup
• Pure ghee-  ½ cup
• Green cardamom powder- ¾  tsp
• Salt- very very little, less than ¼ tsp
• Saffron strands- a pinch (optional)
• Cashew nuts, Almonds and Pistachios, chopped- ½ cup (optional)

Method:

• Roast rava in a heavy bottom or non-stick pan on a low to medium heat.
• At the same time, on other side, keep milk+water to boil on low-med heat. Add saffron strands into the milk.
• Add all ghee in between, roast rava for 15 to 20 minutes or until sooji gets golden brown colour, it releases a lovely appetizing aroma.
• In between, add nuts so they will also roast along with rava.
• Meanwhile, the milk will have started boiling.
• Pour the milk in rava mixture carefully and give a nice stir.
• Cover the pan with a lid and let rava cook for 3-4 minutes on low heat.
• After rava mixture gets thicker, add sugar, mango puree, cardamom powder and salt. Give a nice stir and again cover with the lid for 2-3 minutes.
• Serve hot.

Notes:

• Do not roast rava/semolina on high heat hence, it changed colour from outside. It remains raw inner side.
• Choose the ripe mango. Wash them and cut into pieces. Scoop the pulp with a spoon. Blend it until it makes a smooth consistency. 
• You can use finely chopped or mashed mango instead of mango puree if you like chunks in your sheera.
• Usually we measure ingredients using vati or katori in our kitchens. I have changed the quantities here to cups, since it is easy to understand for everyone.

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