Few days back, Aruna had mailed me this recipe. Usually I use pineapple to make either paank or juice . I have a good stock of paank with me now, so that option was ruled out. I started giving the fruit to hubby in his lunch box and when I was cutting it day before yesterday, it reminded me of this recipe.
As Aruna said here , a pinch of yellow food color is added to this to give a nice color. I usually avoid adding color to any dish. So I added “Kesari milk masala” from “Everest”, which I had brought from India. This is usually added to milk and drank. But since this has an amazing aroma, I included it in the sheera instead of normal keshar(saffron).
Normally saffron is added to warm milk and then added to any dish to give the nice color to the dish. In a hurry, I did not add it to milk, so color of the dish still remained white.
Thanks Aruna for the wonderful recipe.
Ingredients: Wheat sooji(rava) 1 cup Ghee 1 tbl spn Pineapple pieces 1/2 cup Sugar 1 cup Cloves(optional) 2 Cardamom powder 1/4 tea spn Saffron strands(soaked in 1 tbl spn warm milk) 6-7 or yellow food color a pinch
Cloves and saffron(or kesar milk masala) were not there in the original recipe. I included them thinking they will enhance the taste. The tinned pineapple(along with juice) can also be used for this.
Method: Cook pineapple pieces and keep aside. Heat ghee and add cloves. Then add the rava and fry for around 5mins on a low flame. When a nice aroma wafts from it, add 2 cups water and cook (take care not to form any lumps). When water is absorbed, add sugar and cooked pineapple pieces. Add saffron(or kesar milk masala) soaked in warm milk or food color and mix well. Cook till sheera becomes dry and add cardamom powder.
Serves : 2-3 Preparation time : 15mins
Today’s lunch is chapathi, tendli upkari , fruits(cantaloupe, grapes, apple) topped with honey and few Jilebis(I bought them from Indian store yesterday).
Few days back, when I started a request page for Kid’s lunch box , few of my readers wanted to know about lunch box for adults also. So I started writing about my lunch boxes, I thought it would give an idea for my readers(at least the beginners). But I never thought I would confuse everyone between this series and kid’s lunch box request. This series is getting more attention than the kid’s lunch box request. So I think it is better if I stop this category from now on. Any suggestions welcome :).
