Sheera ~ Sujika Halawa

Sheera, traditional Indian Sweet made using Semolina. I mostly use banana in sheera. So you can call this 'Banana Sheera'.

Ingredients:

• Semolina (Rava/Suji)- ½ cup (I use fine semolina/barik rava)
• Clarified butter (Pure ghee)- ¼ cup
• Milk (with it's own cream/malai/sai)- 1 ½ cup
• Sugar- ½ cup (or some less as your likes)
• Ripe banana, mashed- 1 (optional)
• Dry nuts and fruits (almonds, cashew, golden raisins/kishmish, charoli), chopped- ½ cup or to personal like
• Cardamom powder- ½ tsp
• Salt- very very little, less than ¼ tsp 

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 to boil on low-med heat.
• 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, raisins, mashed banana, cardamom powder and salt. Give a nice stir and again cover with the lid for 2-3 minutes. 
• Serve hot.

Note:

• "Prasadacha Sheera" is prepared in Maharashtra on the holy occasion, mostly on 'Saty-Narayan Pooja'. This sheera is offered in small cups as a prasad to guests. All ingredients are same, just use  ½ cup ghee instead of  ¼ cup. Banana is must for "Prasadacha Sheera".
• I don't like to use water in sheera, you may use half of water and half of milk as mentioned quantity.
• Do not roast rava/semolina on high heat hence, it changed colour from outside. It remains raw inner side.