Marathi Sheera

It was my hubby's birthday. And rather than preparing the typical payasam/ rava kesari, I decided to make a new sweet dish-Marathi Sheera (a recipe inspired from the YouTube Channel - Ruchkar Mejwani). This is something similar to kesari, yet different in texture and taste since we add milk. This 'Sheera' is a very popular prashad in Maharashtra. Let's have a look on how to make this.

Ingredients:

Rava/ Sooji - 1 cup
Ghee  - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Milk - 2 cups
Cashew nuts, almonds & raisins (roasted in ghee) - 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Serves - 3

Method:

Heat a pan and add ghee.

Once the ghee is completely melted, add rava.

Roast rava till it turns slightly brown.

Remember, the texture of sheera will be better only if rava is well roasted!

Once rava is roasted, add sugar and mix well.

Now start adding milk little by little and keep stirring.

Now close the pan with a lid for exactly 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes, when rava has absorbed all the milk, add cardamom powder and mix well.

Now remove the pan from the stove; add the roasted nuts and Sheera is ready to serve.

Tip:

If you add cold milk, Sheera will turn sticky! If you add boiling milk, Sheera will have soft texture.


I recommend you to add boiling milk to get the soft texture.

I have also eaten a version where grated coconut is added along with cardamom powder. This version is also yummy! Please do try.