Oct 19, 2011

Mango Sheera / Mango Rawa Kesari



Mango Sheera / Mango Rawa Kesari (with mango juice)

A delicious sweet !!!!

Makes: 1 steel thali (7 - inches in diameter)

Serves: 6 - 8

You will need

1 tablespoon ghee
1 cup (100 g) rawa / sooji / semolina
200 ml mango juice (Tropicana / Real / homemade - without sugar)
1 teaspoon raisins (optional)
1 teaspoon chopped cashew nuts (optional)
1 cup ( 85 - 100 g) sugar
2 pinches cardamom powder
Extra 1 teaspoon ghee (to grease thali)

Method

Grease a steel thali with 1/2 teaspoon ghee and keep aside.

Heat ghee in a frying pan. Reduce the heat to medium and add sooji. Stir well continuously on a low to medium heat for 15 minutes or until fragrant and color changes. Maintain low to medium heat.

Add chopped cashew nuts and raisins (optional). Stir well for 5 - 8 minutes.

Add mango juice. Mix all the ingredients well. Cover with a lid and cook on a low heat for 8 - 10 minutes or until the mixture dries up / leaves from the sides of the pan / form a soft ball.



At this point, add sugar. Mix well. Cover with a lid and cook again for 5 - 8 minutes. Open the lid and stir well continuously for 5 more minutes or until the mixture leaves from the sides of the pan / thickens. Sprinkle cardamom powder.

Pour the rawa mixture on a greased thali and sprinkle remaining 1/2 teaspoon ghee over it and spread it evenly with a flat spatula. Keep aside to cool for half an hour and later cut it into desired shape and sizes.

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