Mango Sheera recipe
Sheera- is a traditional Maharashtrian sweet, usually served as ‘Prasad’ for Satyanarayan puja. Sheera also is an all time favourite breakfast for many Maharashtrians. If you have unexpected guests and have not time to cook up any other sweet, Sheera is a very good way of showing them you care! 🙂 And Sheera never lets you down… it always turns out good.
Servings
2-3
Cook Time
15minutes
Servings
2-3
Cook Time
15minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In a heavy bottom Kadai/wok heat 2 tsp of the ghee. Fry the cashew nut pieces and raisins in it, drain and keep aside.
  2. In the same ghee, roast the rava/semolina till it turns golden brown and you get a nice smell of roasted rava. Remove in a plate and cool.
  3. Add mango and jaggery in the pan and cook on low flame till the jaggery melts. Add about 2 -2 ¼ cups water and bring it to a boil.
  4. Add semolina,saffron and stir to mix well. Cook covered till most of the water evaporates and the semolina is cooked.
  5. Take pan off heat. Reserve 1-2 cashew nut pieces for garnish and add the rest along with raisins to the sheers. Mix well
  6. Serve immediately, Garnish with the fried Cashew pieces and golden raisins.
  7. Variation: You can use Pineapple instead of mango to make Pineapple Sheera.