Sri Krishna Janmashtami 2021: Eat these 3 easy-to-prepare Panjiri dishes during the auspicious festival

After Raksha Bandhan, another big festival Shri Krishna Janmashtami is near. As the name suggests, this festival is dedicated to Lord Krishna and marks his birth. Various types of pujas, fasts, decorations and dishes are performed on this special day to mark the celebration and one of the main offerings prepared on Janmashtami is Panjiri. It is very traditional to give Panjiri as Naivedya aka Prasad, especially in North India.

Panjiri is a very popular traditional Indian dish. The word Panjiri is made up of two words Pancha which means five ingredients and cumin spice. Wheat flour, ghee, cumin, coriander and saunth (saunth powder) are the main ingredients. There are now many modifications according to the amalgamation of taste and aroma. It is a dish prepared as prasad or naivedya and is also served to the new mother as a nutritional supplement after delivery.

With few variations in the original panjiri recipe, it has many variations like coriander panjiri, dry fruit panjiri, coconut panjiri and more.

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Hence, here we are with some recipes to prepare 3 easy-to-spiced types of panjiri. Let's know-

Gond panjiri

• Gond is edible gum, its Panjiri is a very popular variant of Panjiri.
• Heat ghee in a pan, fry the gum till it swells, remove the extra ghee.
• Toss the grated coconut till golden brown. Heat ghee in another pan, add wheat flour and fry till it becomes light golden.
• Add shredded coconut, almonds, nuts. Make a course mixture of all the ingredients. Mix well with powdered sugar and add pippali root and ginger powder. Panjiri is ready to be served.

Coconut Panjiri

Take four cups of grated coconut, dry roast it on medium flame, add melon seeds to it.
In another pan, boil one cup of sugar in two cups of water until it reaches the consistency of two strings. Add two broken green cardamoms. Add crushed dry fruits. Mix all these and keep it to cool down.
Coconut Panjiri is ready to be served.

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Coriander Panjiri

Melt ghee in a pan on medium heat, add two and a half cups of coriander and fry while stirring.Fry one cup of makhana till it becomes crispy and take it out in another bowl.Toss dry fruits and a cup of dry coconut. Add four magaj (four seeds – melon, pumpkin, cantaloupe and almond).
Make a coarse powder by mixing all with powdered sugar. Panjiri is ready for prasad.

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