Banana Kesari Recipe, How to make Banana Rava Kesari(sheera)
 
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Melt in Mouth Banana Rava Kesari, banana Kesari bath the traditional South Indian sweet dish made with semolina, mashed banana, and sugar.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup fine sooji/rava/ semolina
  • ½ cup banana mashed
  • ¾ cup sugar or as required
  • 2 tablespoon ghee + 1 tsp
  • 2.5 cups water
  • cashews, raisins, cloves
  • 3-4 green cardamoms powdered
Instructions
  1. Heat ghee in a thick bottomed pan, add cashews, raisins & cloves roast till golden.
  2. Add the sooji or rava and fry till they change color and you get fragrant.
  3. add 2.5 cups of water &mashed banana, let it boil.
  4. Add cardamom powder, sugar & continue to stir. keep cover for few minutes or until rave cooks completely.
  5. After 1 or 2 minutes, add ghee & roasted cashews, mix well.
  6. Serve the banana Kesari hot, warm or cold.
Notes
1. Water ratio is very important so add 2.5 cups of water for 1 cup of Rava.
2. you can add a mashed banana or ground banana.
3. I have used ½ cup of banana puree and 3/2 cup sugar. You can reduce the sugar also. adjust according to your tastebuds.
4. use well ripen bananas
Recipe by Prema's Culinary at https://premasculinary.com/2020/06/banana-kesari-recipe-sheera.html