Sheera with Banana (Suji Halwa) Satya Narayan prasad
Cook Time:
20 min
Prep Time:
10 min
Servings:
4
Ingredients
In the South we make this prasad with all equal measurements
- 1 cup Suji (semolina)
- 1 cup Almond powder (optional)
- 1 cup Banana mashed
- 1 cup Ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 cup Sugar (if adding Almond powder increase sugar accordingly).
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup Milk
- 20 Cashews nuts chopped
- 20 Raisins
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder (green)
Directions
- Melt 2 tablespoon of ghee in a pan on low heat.
- Roast suji, until you get a nice aroma.
- Simultaneously, boil water and milk in two different pans.
- Add boiling water to the roasted suji.
- Add Sugar and keep stirring.
- When it thickens a little, add boiling milk.
- Add mashed banana, keep stirring (if adding almond powder – add this)
- Add rest of the ghee, except for 2 tablespoons.
- Keep stirring until it looks like halva, it leaves the sides of the pan.
- Turn off the heat.
- Roast cashews nuts and raisins and add it to the halva.
- Add the cardamom powder and stir.