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Sheera: Semolina Pudding

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 Yesterday was Vinayaka Charthuthi; Hindus all over the world celebrates this festival.  Lord Ganesh is considered to be the God you first pray before you start anything, as he protects you and removes all the obstacles on the way. He is son of God Shiva and Goddess parvathi, legend is that goddess made a sand idol of little boy and gave life to him and asked little boy to guard the door while she was bathing. During that time Lord Shiva came to see Parvathi, but the little boy was admant that he won’t even let him in. As result Lord Shiva gets angry and cut the head off the little boy, and when Parvathi came back and saw that her son is dead, she got upset. Then Lord Shiva told her that he will give the boy life again and find a suitable face in the north direction, and in his search for a new head for the boy, devas(other gods)  comes across a dead elephant, and gets that elephant’s head for the boy.  Thus Lord Ganesh has a elephant face. If you want to read more from here.

My daughter is not feeling well , she got some fever in the morning and she has runny nose too, and hence had to wait until the evening to some Prasad for Vinayaka Charthuthi celebration. He is my favorite God; just like my mom I worship him along with other Gods. I have little collection of Vinayaka idols in my home. I think he is my best friend, I can talk to him everything, and he will always guide me through all important events in my life. Amma usually makes modak for Vinayaka charthurthi, and  I decide to make it this time along with this sheera.

Vinakya charthuthi is celebrated all over the India, however for the real fun and enthusiasm you have to be in Mumbai during that time. During my last visit to India, it was Ganapathi time, people brings Ganesh idols home and worship for 3,5, 7 and10 days depending upon their economic status, and after  the days of Pooja they will immerse this idol in any water bodies with chanting that GANPATI BAPPA MORYA, AGLE BARAS TU JALDI AA (Oh Lord Ganpati, return soon next year).Also there will pandal (canopied tents)  in various apartment communities. When I was there, both I and my mother-in-law used to travel around to visit all these pandal on our outings.  It was really a great feeling, once they kept Ganesh idol  in pandal, they will do Pooja arthi in the morning and evening and also somebody will be sitting there all through the day and night, as they don’t let Ganapati to stay alone. After evening arthi, we used to get this delicious sheera (semolina sweet) as Prasad/offering. It is slightly warm and really delicious.
In my home town semolina sweet/sheera is made almost similar way which we call rava kesari. We don’t offer this to God, it is only served as sweet dish in marriages and other functions and also if unexpected guest showed up and you need a sudden sweet, they will make it. My elder aunt( Father’s sister) was very good in making this rava kesari, and she would makes it in less than 30 mins, whenever we visited  her in Rameswaram; she would also adds a little  orange color to it. Actually it is rich dessert with sugar, ghee and cashew and raisins etc.
I was searching for an authentic Maharashtraian sheera recipe in the internet and finally got this one. I added some fried cashew and raisins and also reduce the amount of sugar, I found that for 1 cup of semolina about 1 cup of sugar will be too sweet, so reduce the sugar to ¾th. I first fried the semolina/rava in ghee until it gets roasted. Then cooked in equal amount milk and water mixture until it thickened along with added sugar and ghee fried cashews and raisins along with some cardamom.
My hubby told me I recreated the yummy sheera he used to gets from Pooja pandals of Ganapthi, I was really happy.
Hope everybody made lots of festive goodies to Lord Ganesha, I made this sheera and modak also did a small Pooja at home.


Sheera/ Semolina Pudding
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Yield: 3-4 serving
Ingredients
¾cup Semolina/Rava
½ cup Sugar
¾ cup Milk
¾ cup Water
2 tablespoon Ghee+ 1 teaspoon ghee
12 no Cashew nuts
10 no Raisins
2 no cardamom (powdered)
Directions
Heat 2 tablespoon of ghee in a skillet and add semolina/rava and fry until it gets roasted and nice aroma comes.
In the mean time heat water and milk in a saucepan  when it starts boiling add the roasted semolina/rava along with sugar and cook until everything gets thickened well.
In another small pan heat 1teaspoon of ghee and add cashew nuts and raisins and fry until cashew become golden color and raisins becomes plump up.
Finally add this roasted cashew nuts and raisins along with cardamom powder into the cooked semolina mixtures and mix everything well.
Enjoy when it is warm.

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  1. mjskit says

    Hindu has always been a mystery to me so I truly appreciate your sharing your religion with us. It's such an interesting religion with all of the different gods, quite different from the Baptist religion I grew up with that has only one god. Glad to live in a country where people of different religions can live side by side peacefully (in most cases). I've heard of semolina pudding but really didn't know what it was. It looks very tasty. Hope you daughter is feeling better.

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  2. The 21st Century Housewife© says

    Your pudding looks delicious, Swathi. I love the cashews and raisins in it!

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  3. Sanoli Ghosh says

    Love it always, specially as prasadam. Perfectly made Swathi.

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  4. Radhika Mohanasundaram says

    Looks really Yummy!Classy presentation...

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  5. Radhika Mohanasundaram says

    Looks really Yummy!Presentation is classy!Very neat explanation along with the
    attractive pics..

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  6. Kaveri Venkatesh says

    Mmmmm....Love it...looks delicious...hope you and your family had a great festival

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  7. Rumana Ambrin says

    My hubby's fav and delicious...

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  8. Kaveri Venkatesh says

    Mmm...Love it...Looks delicious Swathi..Hope you and your family had a great festival

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  9. Shama Nagarajan says

    yummy and inviting

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  10. suhaina aji says

    semolina pudding looks yumm and so tempting..nice clicks

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  11. Veena Theagarajan says

    looks yummy.. Pass me some

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  12. Srimathi Mani says

    My god you are super mom. Taking care of a sick kid and taking care of celebration food is something. I am so proud of you.

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  13. sangeetha pn says

    pass me the plate swathi.. delicious!

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  14. PrathibhaSreejith says

    Swathi, Yummy Sheera with cool pics!!! Hope your daughter is feeling better now, take care..

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  15. radha says

    Been sometime since I made Kesari - now I want to immediately.

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  16. divya says

    looks sooo yummy n inviting..

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  17. Hema says

    My daughter's favorite, looks delicious..

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  18. Sofia Sana says

    Vow! I will definitely share it with others. I use to make semolina kesari for biriyani as one of the desert..
    now i am preparing semolina pudding as a substitute for kesari...
    Thanks for sharing

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  19. Nilu A says

    Yummy and quick sheera Swathi.. Loved the color.. Great clicks too 🙂

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  20. Rafeeda AR says

    that platter is just too good... yummy sheera...

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  21. Priya Anandakumar says

    lovely and delicious semolina pudding... wonderful offering for lord Ganesha...

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  22. Sona S says

    delicious and yummy pudding.

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  23. Rani Acharyulu says

    Hope you had a wonderful Ganesh chaturthi, Sheera and modak looks delicious and yummy.

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  24. Divya Shivaraman says

    love that platter simply inviting

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  25. Meena Kumar says

    Yummy looking pudding and modak wish u could pass me some atleast as prasadam 🙂

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  26. Shree says

    Nice one for the Ganapati Bhagwan !

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  27. Vimitha Anand says

    My favorite sweet.. looks so nice

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  28. Janani says

    Yummy pudding I love that ganesha's pictures looks so good. Yummy recipe.

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  29. Sadaf Afshan says

    We usually call this suji ka halwa and everybody in my family loves it. Sometimes I make it with just water and skip the milk. I hope you had a great Ganesh Chaturthi.

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  30. Eric Pepple says

    Never have had semolina pudding before, sounds delicious though! Thanks for sharing 🙂

    Happy Blogging!
    Happy Valley Chow

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