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Banana Sheera

Feb-15-2018
Radha Natarajan
5 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Banana Sheera RECIPE

Banana sheera/sajjige is something very similar to our South Indian version of Kesari .The popular dessert , usually prepared during poojas has a religious touch to it, prepared during Satyanarayan pooja or other functions. This is a typical mildly sweet dessert usually had even for breakfast in North Karnataka.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Others
  • Karnataka
  • Sauteeing
  • Dessert
  • Egg Free

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. 1 cup roasted barnyard millets/samo/moraiyo/varai if fasting or semolina( sooji ) 1/4 cup melted ghee
  2. /2 cup milk
  3. 1/4 cup sugar
  4. 2 Cups Water
  5. 1 cup mashed banana puree or banana mashed into chunks.
  6. pinch of cardamom powder
  7. Raisins and cashewnuts for garnish

Instructions

  1. Roast the millets powdered / semolina in little ghee till aromatic but not browned.
  2. In a deep non stick pan preferably, add the ghee, add the raisins, cashew nuts and fry till golden and raisins have swollen
  3. add the milk and water, sugar and let boil, add the pinch of cardamom powder.
  4. Add the roasted millets / semolina slowly with one hand, keeping the flame at the lowest, and stir with another hand,
  5. when you have finished adding the complete millets or semolina , close the pan with a lid and reduce the flame to low.
  6. Keep for 3 minutes and switch off. Do not open the pan for at least 15 minutes as you want the heat to be locked in , and cook the semolina inside.
  7. After 15 minutes, open the lid and stir once again , and you will see the sheera has been done to perfection and no lumps formed absolutely.

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Shelly Sharma
Feb-22-2018
Shelly Sharma   Feb-22-2018

Nice one.

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