Panchakajjai

This sweet is prepared on certain auspicious occasions like Krishna Janmashtami,Gowri pooja and Ganesh Chaturthi etc by offering to the God and distributed as 'Prasad'.We prepare it in large quantity and distribute to all our near and dear ones.I learnt to prepare this from my Amma.I prepare this without measuring,below here is the recipe with approximate measure.Adjust the jaggery mixture and fried gram powder until both combines well.This is my 400th recipe and this is one of the best post to compliment the occasion.Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all my readers those who are celebrating.



Ingredients:
Churna or Coconut jaggery mixture-1 cup,see here for the recipe
Fried gram-3/4 cup
White sesame seeds-4 tbsp
Cashewnuts-15
Puffed paddy powder-1 cup(optional)
Cardamom powder-1/2 tsp
Ghee- 2 tsp

Method:

  1. Dry roast the fried gram for 2-3 minutes until you get slight aroma.
  2. Coarse powder it.
  3. Coarse powder cashewnuts.
  4. Mix all the ingredients mentioned in the list and combine it well.





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