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Pineapple Sheera

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Pineapple Sheera

Serves: 4 persons

Sheera is an Indian sweet similar to pudding. It is usually prepared with semolina, butter and sugar. It's a simple but delicious and quick dessert which doesn't need lot of preparation.

Pineapple sheera is just a twist to the regular version. I used a can of crushed pineapple but you can always just use canned pineapple chunks.

Hope you will enjoy this Indian dessert!

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sooji (semolina)
  • 5 tablespoon ghee ( clarified butter)
  • 1 can ( 398 ML) crushed pineapple in pineapple juice
  • 1½ cup water
  • 1½ cup sugar
  • pinch of saffron
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1 tablespoon chopped almonds

Method:

  1. Heat a pan and add ghee and sooji in it. Keep the flame low. Keep stirring and roast till you get a nice aroma. This is the main process and it may take 10-12 minutes.
  2. Open the can and strain the pineapple juice into a bowl. Use a spoon to squeeze out the maximum juice. Keep the pineapple and juice seperate. This turned out to be approx. 1 cup of pineapple juice and 1 cup of crushed pineapple.
  3. Add water to the pineapple juice and keep it on the gas. Let it boil.
  4. As soon as the water starts to boil, add it slowly to the roasted sooji. Add crushed pineapple. Mix everything well with the spatula. The flame should be low and keep the lid on it. Leave it for 10 minutes.
  5. After 10 minutes, stir again and mix well. Add sugar. The mixture will be thin as you add the sugar. Once again, keep the lid on for 10 minutes.
  6. Remove the lid. Add ground cardamom, chopped almonds and saffron.
  7. Enjoy :)