Ingredients

• 1 cup - semolina
• ½ cup - semolina
• 3 tbsp - clarified butter
• ½ cup - water
• ½ cup - milk (liquid)
• 10 raisins
• 5 to 10 silvered cashews
• 3 to 5 silvered almonds
• a grating of nutmeg
• 2 to 3 cardamom pods

How to Make Shira

• In a flat heavy bottom pan or wok, heat the top. Mix and roast the semolina in till it turn pinkish brown.
• An indicator that it is done is that you can smell the aroma of rava even at a distance from the kitchen.
• Simultaneously, boil the liquid separately.
• Add the liquid to the rava. Stir, cover and steam on a low heat (4-7 mins). Stir.
• Mix in sugar and cook covered until fluffy (5-7 mins). Mix in 1.5 of the cardamom seeds, raisins and nuts.
• Use the remaining to garnish the sheera.