GODHUMA NOOKA SHEERA
Godhuma nooka sheera/Cracked Wheat Dessert Recipe with a simple and easy recipe, which is a moist and soft pudding oozing with the richness of the ghee. Perfect for any festive occasions.
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- Pressure cooker ( if you're using pressure cooker method)
- Wok
Ingredients
- 1 cup Cracked wheat
- 1 cup Jaggery
- 10 Cashews
- 1 Cardamom
- ½ cup Ghee
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 cup Water
- 10 Raisins
Instructions
Pressure cooker method
- Heat the pressure cooker, add ghee and dry roast the cracked wheat on medium flame until it turns golden brown and smells nutty and aromatic.
- Add milk, water, crushed cardamom pod and give a nice stir.
- Cover and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
- Heat a small pan, add a tbsp of ghee and roast the cashews and raisins until golden brown. Turn off the stove and keep them aside.
- Add the grated jaggery to the cooked cracked wheat and give a nice stir and let it cook on medium flame until jaggery is completely absorbed by the cracked wheat.
- Add in roasted nuts and raisins and tbsp of more ghee and serve warm.
Stovetop method
- Heat a wok, add a tbsp of ghee and roast the cashews and raisins until golden brown. Transfer them to a plate and keep aside.
- In the meanwhile heat a saucepan, add water, jaggery and let it come to a rolling boil and turn down the flame to medium.
- Now add in ¼ cup of ghee and roast the cracked wheat on medium flame until it turns golden brown and smells nutty and aromatic.
- Add in milk, water jaggery syrup, crushed cardamom pod and give everything a good mix and cook until the liquid is completely absorbed by the cracked wheat.
- Finally add in roasted cashews, raisins and serve warm.
Plant based version
- Heat a wok and dry roast the cashews until they turn golden brown, transfer them to a plate and keep aside.
- Now dry roast the cracked wheat in the wok on low flame until it has this nice nutty aroma and turns golden brown.
- Add in raisins, water, crushed cardamom, any plant based milk and cook until the liquids are completely absorbed by cracked wheat and then add in jaggery.
- Serve warm topped with nuts of your choice.
Notes
- You can use make this completely vegan by skipping out ghee and dry roasting, substitute the cracked wheat with quinoa and follow the plant based method above.
- You can add in more nuts like almonds, pistachios and make it more nutritious.