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    Home » Dessert and Sweets recipes

    PANCHAKAJJAYA

    Published: Sep 2, 2016 by Kushi · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Panchakajjaya is a easy to make sweet recipe made using poha or flattened rice and can be prepared in less than 15 minutes.
    Panchakajjaya
    This is a popular and a must-do festive recipe from the coastal regions of Karnataka. It is always prepared at home during festivals and auspicious occasions. In temples this sweet is prepared everyday as an offering to God and then distributed among devotees as prasadam. Pancha in Panchakajjaya means five in Sanskrit. So basically it means that this sweet is prepared using 5 key ingredients. In Konkani it is colloquially called as panchkadai or panchkajai. There are many variations in the recipe for panchkadai. Today I am sharing a very simple and common version prepared at my home. This sweet is loved by people of all age groups.

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    Panchakajjaya / Panchkadai Konkani recipe

    Preparation time : 15 minutes
    Serves : 4

    Ingredients for Panchakajjaya

    Jaggery / Brown Sugar - â…” cup
    Cardamom powder - ¼ tsp
    Grated Coconut - 1 cup
    Thin Poha / Flattened rice - 1 â…“ cup
    Sesame seeds / Til - 2 tbsp
    Almonds chopped - 1 tbsp
    Ghee - 1 tbsp
    Honey - ½ tbsp
    Ripe banana - 1

    Steps to prepare Panchakajjaya

    Step I

    • Chop the banana into rounds or cubes. add honey to it and keep it aside.
    • Dry roast the sesame seeds for 2 minutes on medium flame. Transfer this to a plate. In the same pan add almonds and dry roast for a minute and transfer to a plate.

    Step II

    • In the same pan, add jaggery and ¼ cup of water and bring it to nice boil till it thickens. This should take about 5 minutes on medium flame.
    • To this add grated coconut, cardamom powder and mix well. Immediately switch off the flame.

    Step III

    • Finally to the jaggery mixture (while it is still slightly warm), add poha, roasted sesame seeds, almonds, ghee, and mix it using hands till everything is combined. You may have to use squeezing motion while mixing, so that poha is properly coated in jaggery.
    • Now add banana mixture and mix gently.
    • Panchakajjaya is now ready. Serve and enjoy. This will remain fresh for at least 2 days.

    Tip:

    • Few banana modaks prepared can also added to the recipe.
    • I have used dry grated coconut. Traditionally fresh grated coconut is used in the recipe.
    • You can also add cashews and sugarcane to the recipe.

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    Panchakajjaya / Panchkadai Konkani recipe

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    Comments

    1. Nava K

      September 02, 2016 at 11:19 pm

      Anything simple to make is always my take. Not a great moment sweating to make fabulous desserts, this never heard of the name sweet treat is quite a pleasure, also, as god's offering for blessing we all need all the time.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        September 07, 2016 at 10:21 pm

        Thank you Nava 🙂

        Reply
    2. Anu

      September 06, 2016 at 1:06 am

      Tempting one!!

      Reply
      • Kushi

        September 07, 2016 at 10:34 pm

        Thank you Anu 🙂

        Reply
    3. Sapna

      October 15, 2016 at 5:13 pm

      So you do need to wash the poha? Won't it have that smell of unwashed poha carried through the dish.

      Reply
      • Kushi

        October 15, 2016 at 6:41 pm

        No. For this recipe you do not have to wash the poha. We eat this from our childhood and never had the issue 🙂 If you are concerned, use fresh poha or keep it in sunlight for 30 minutes or microwave for 30 seconds. Hope this helps 🙂

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