We got good news today in the morning - my nephew ( brother's son ) had got admission in the college of his choice for engineering...and also got the stream he was looking for..electronics.
Nowadays the competition is so stiff with re. to schools, colleges, jobs...etc...regardless of how hard you work - you still have the stress when applying...and along with the kids, so do the parents, aunts ( in my case ), uncles, grandparents ( Mom & Dad )....well you get the picture !!!
So when we were all relieved of our nail-biting ( ?) tension, we decided ( me & Mom ...I was at her place at the time ) to celebrate with something sweet...( this was after our hugs and kisses )....
The first thing I could think of was sheera...actually not true I thought of a lot of other stuff - but either they required a lot of pre planning or preparation...or ingredients that I did not have on hand...so the easiest and quickest sweet that I could immediately whip up was sheera...
This is a dish which we all love, it is made many a time as a prasad when it is a festive occasion...sometimes we make it just to have as dessert after a special occasion meal...and sometimes just because... and sometimes cuz we want to have something sweet to eat...or like today to celebrate ...
We used to have it at times in breakfast instead of powa or dosa or upma - it would make a sweet change :-)
Whatever the reason or occasion - it is a quick and easy recipe and the results are awesome...
There are various ways in which it can be made and also the ingredients vary according to people's tastes...and there are umpteen recipes on the net for the same...some more elaborate and others not so...I think mine falls in the category of simple and quick...
So here are the ingredients for the same:
Ingredients:
1 cup rava / sooji / semolina
1/2 cup sugar
2-3 Tblspns ghee
1/4 cup chopped cashews
1/4 cup raisins
2 cups water
1/2 cup milk
a few strands saffron
2-3 cardamoms
Method :
1) In a pot heat water and milk till it comes to a boil, add sugar and mix, add the saffron to it.
2) Take a non-stick pan, melt the ghee, add cashews and raisins, fry for a couple of minutes and then keep aside,
then add rava and roast till it turns slightly pink. ( It also gives a heavenly aroma which will let you know it is done ).
3) Add the hot water mixture to the rava mixture keeping it on low flame, and stir it is all absorbed.
4) Then add cardamom powder and a tsp of ghee and mix it once more.
5) Cover with lid and keep it for about 5 minutes.
Serve hot .
Enjoy !!!
Tip: You can make it entirely in milk - that makes the dish even more richer, but we find it a little too heavy for our palate. The sugar proportion I have given makes it just sweet, many may find it less - so in that case you can add a couple of tablespoons more. Some even add a ripe banana to it esp. when making as prasad. My mom used to do that but I generally do not...have even seen a recipe on TV with pineapple in it ...as I said many different ways in which this can be made.
In A'bad they make a most delicious sheera, the proportions of ghee to rava to sugar is 1:1:1 - I do love that a lot but on a regular basis find that is a lot of ghee and sugar...but great to indulge once in a way....
So anyways today's preparation was a delightful treat made all the more sweet ( on account of the great news )....the combination made our morning and our whole day....so here's congratulating and wishing all the very best to my dear nephew S...we love you.
Nowadays the competition is so stiff with re. to schools, colleges, jobs...etc...regardless of how hard you work - you still have the stress when applying...and along with the kids, so do the parents, aunts ( in my case ), uncles, grandparents ( Mom & Dad )....well you get the picture !!!
So when we were all relieved of our nail-biting ( ?) tension, we decided ( me & Mom ...I was at her place at the time ) to celebrate with something sweet...( this was after our hugs and kisses )....
The first thing I could think of was sheera...actually not true I thought of a lot of other stuff - but either they required a lot of pre planning or preparation...or ingredients that I did not have on hand...so the easiest and quickest sweet that I could immediately whip up was sheera...
This is a dish which we all love, it is made many a time as a prasad when it is a festive occasion...sometimes we make it just to have as dessert after a special occasion meal...and sometimes just because... and sometimes cuz we want to have something sweet to eat...or like today to celebrate ...
We used to have it at times in breakfast instead of powa or dosa or upma - it would make a sweet change :-)
Whatever the reason or occasion - it is a quick and easy recipe and the results are awesome...
There are various ways in which it can be made and also the ingredients vary according to people's tastes...and there are umpteen recipes on the net for the same...some more elaborate and others not so...I think mine falls in the category of simple and quick...
So here are the ingredients for the same:
Ingredients:
1 cup rava / sooji / semolina
1/2 cup sugar
2-3 Tblspns ghee
1/4 cup chopped cashews
1/4 cup raisins
2 cups water
1/2 cup milk
a few strands saffron
2-3 cardamoms
Method :
1) In a pot heat water and milk till it comes to a boil, add sugar and mix, add the saffron to it.
2) Take a non-stick pan, melt the ghee, add cashews and raisins, fry for a couple of minutes and then keep aside,
then add rava and roast till it turns slightly pink. ( It also gives a heavenly aroma which will let you know it is done ).
3) Add the hot water mixture to the rava mixture keeping it on low flame, and stir it is all absorbed.
4) Then add cardamom powder and a tsp of ghee and mix it once more.
5) Cover with lid and keep it for about 5 minutes.
Serve hot .
Enjoy !!!
Tip: You can make it entirely in milk - that makes the dish even more richer, but we find it a little too heavy for our palate. The sugar proportion I have given makes it just sweet, many may find it less - so in that case you can add a couple of tablespoons more. Some even add a ripe banana to it esp. when making as prasad. My mom used to do that but I generally do not...have even seen a recipe on TV with pineapple in it ...as I said many different ways in which this can be made.
In A'bad they make a most delicious sheera, the proportions of ghee to rava to sugar is 1:1:1 - I do love that a lot but on a regular basis find that is a lot of ghee and sugar...but great to indulge once in a way....
So anyways today's preparation was a delightful treat made all the more sweet ( on account of the great news )....the combination made our morning and our whole day....so here's congratulating and wishing all the very best to my dear nephew S...we love you.
No comments:
Post a Comment