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Pineapple Sheera | Pineapple Kesari | Pineapple Semolina Pudding

Anjali P
Pineapple sheera is a flavourful variation of the most popular godacha sheera (sooji ka halwa / semolina pudding). Fresh chunks of pineapple are added to the roasted sooji / rava along with cardamon powder, cashew nuts, raisins.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, festive food, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Rava / Sooji / Semolina
  • 8-10 Cashew, roughly chopped
  • 7-8 Raisins
  • 1 cup Sugar, adjust accoriding to your prefence
  • 1 cup Warm Milk
  • 2 cups Warm Water
  • 1 teaspoon Cardamon Powder
  • 4 tablespoons Pineapple Crush or Syrup
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Ghee

Instructions
 

  • Heat ghee in a thick bottom pan. Add cashew nuts & raisins.
  • Roast them on a medium flame for about 1 minute. Make sure not to burn the raisins.
  • Add rava / semolina and fry till it turns light golden in colour.
  • Keep on stirring continuously.
  • For plain sooji ka halwa, I normally roast the rava till it gets light dark brown, but for pineapple, I prefer roasting it to light golden as we want a slight yellow tint to this halwa after we add the pineapple crush.
  • Once rava/semolina is roasted well. Add 1 cup warm milk & 2 cups warm water and cook until all the water gets absorbed and the sheera becomes soft. Stir continuously.
  • Add sugar, and mix well. Cover and cook for about 2-3 minutes on low flame until the sugar is melted completely.
  • Add a teaspoon of freshly crushed cardamom powder. It's here that our plain sooji ka halwa is ready.
  • Now add 4 tablespoons of pineapple crush or syrup depending on how sweet you want your sheera to be.
  • Mix the pineapple crush well, cover & let the sheera get a nice steam for about 2 minutes so that the flavours of pineapple get infused in the semolina.
  • Delicious Pineapple Sheer - Pineapple Kesari - Pineapple Semolina Pudding is ready. Serve warm.

Notes

If you want to use pineapple fruit:

    • Cut pineapple into small cubes.

    • Heat 1.5 tablespoons of ghee and add pineapple cubes to it.
    • Saute the cubes for about 2 minutes.
    • At this stage, you can add pineapple essence or a little syrup to enhance the taste. (optional).
    • Add these sauteed pineapple chunks to the sooji during the roasting of semolina.
For vegan option
Use oil instead of ghee and skip milk. The taste would differ a lot but it does taste good.
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