Apple Sheera | Apple Sooji Halwa | Apple Kesari
Apple Sheera is a classic and delicious Indian dessert prepared in less than 30 minutes. It is a perfect way to enjoy apples and satisfy your sweet cravings. One of the best Indian sweets to make during Navratri and Diwali.
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 266kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups Apples , peeled and finely chopped
- ½ cup Ghee Butter, check tips
- 2 tablespoon Cashews chopped
- 2 tbsp Almonds chopped
- 1 tablespoon Raisins
- 1 cup Semolina or Sooji or Durum Wheat
- 2 ½ to 3 cups Boiling water
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
Instructions
- Bring water to boil in a pot.2 ½ to 3 cups Boiling water
- In another pan, add ghee on medium flame. To this, add almonds and cashews and saute until it starts turning light in color.½ cup Ghee, 2 tablespoon Cashews, 2 tablespoon Almonds
- Next, add raisins and chopped apples and continue to saute on a medium flame for 6 to 8 minutes or until the apples turn tender.1 ¼ cups Apples, 1 tablespoon Raisins
- To this, add sooji (semolina or durum wheat) and roast on medium flame until aromatic. Roasting suji generally takes less than 3 minutes. The color of the final product changes based on the way you roast. Keep stirring. Otherwise, it will burn from the bottom.1 cup Semolina
- To the sauteed sooji/semolina, add boiling water and mix continuously on medium to low flame for 2 to 3 minutes so that there are no lumps. For better results, you can use a whisk while adding water. Semolina can spill out easily, so make sure the flame is low while adding hot boiling water.
- Once the water is absorbed, add sugar, mix well. The mixture may look gooey, but it will become thick again. Cook apple sheera until ghee leaves the side of the pan.1 cup Sugar
- Add cardamom powder, mix well, and switch off the flame.½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
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Notes
- To make it healthier, you can reduce fat (ghee or butter). Note that the taste and texture will vary accordingly.
- Based on how sour or sweet apples are, you can adjust the sugar.
- If you like the apple chunks in the recipe just like we do, make sure not to overcook the apples. Else, it will begin to fall apart and become an apple puree instead.
- If you are using butter instead of ghee, to get an authentic taste, melt the butter on medium heat and continue cooking till it becomes aromatic and turns golden brown in color (i.e., brown butter or ghee).
- You can also prepare fudge or halwa using the same recipe. Just pour the pudding as soon as it is done into a greased plate and allow it to cool down before you slice it into pieces.
- For a cozy fall flavor, add teaspoon of cinnamon powder or saffron threads along with cardamom if desired.
- Add the sugar only after semolina or sooji has absorbed all the water. Otherwise, the final texture of the dessert will alter.
- For a perfect temple-style sheera or rava kesari, the traditional ratio of ghee:semolina (suji, rava):sugar is 1: 1: 1 and 1.5 cups of water. To make it healthier, reduce ghee in the recipe, also note that the amount of water needed will vary on the type of semolina used.
Nutrition
Calories: 266kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 186IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg