Panchamirtham Recipe - Palani Temple Prasadam | Panchamrutham

Name: Panchamirtham Recipe - Palani Temple Prasadam | Panchamrutham
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 460 grams Bananas (approx 9 small bananas, divided); 14 to 16 Dates (medjool or any seedless dates); 250 grams Jaggery (or brown sugar); 1/2 cup Water; 100 grams Raisins; 1/2 to 3/4 tsp Cardamom; 1 tbsp Ghee; 2 tbsp Sugar candy (kallusakkare or kalkandu); 3 tbsp Honey

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Panchamirtham: Popular Palani temple prasadam recipe prepared using banana, jaggery, ghee, honey, and dry fruits as five main ingredients.

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About the recipe

In India, panchamrut (panchamrit) is a traditional recipe prepared for Abhishekam during festivals like Janmashtami, Navratri, Ganesh Chaturthi, Satyanarayan vrat or any religious puja using 5 amrits or ingredients that are milk, ghee, sugar, honey and curds.

Today's post-Panchamirtham is from Palani Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple (Murugan temple) in Tamil Nadu. This temple is synonymous with panchamirtam, a popular prasadam(prasada) that can be seen sold in the temple shops and foothills of Palani devasthanam.

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The secret to this unique and addictive taste of this prasadam is the blend of 5 ingredients: banana, sugar (khandsari sugar or country sugar) or jaggery, ghee, honey, and cardamom. The temple uses the virupachi or virupakshi variety banana that is found in Palani hills.

Use any ripe banana that is available to you. Along with bananas for the homemade version, raisins, dates, jaggery, honey, ghee, and sugar candy (kallusakkare or kalkandu) are used. For flavoring, cardamom is used. To get that temple-style aroma, use edible camphor, also sold as pachai karpooram if available.

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Ingredients

Banana (Plantain): Key ingredient used to make panchamirtham. Traditionally virupakshi bananas are used, but use any variety of banana that is easily available to you.

Jaggery: Traditional sweetener that is used in homemade prasadam. You can substitute it with brown sugar, fine sugar, khandsari sugar, or country sugar.

Honey: Natural sweetness and is considered a sacred ingredient in Hindu culture.

Palani Temple Panchamirtham Prasadam ingredients.

Ghee: Rich and nutty flavor.

Sugar candy: For its unique texture.

Raisins and Dates: For sweetness and texture.

Cardamom: As a flavoring agent. For authentic temple-style prasadam, you can add edible camphor.

See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

Step-by-step instructions

Step 1: In a grinder, add six bananas and dates and grind them to a smooth paste.

Step 2: In a pan, add jaggery and water and let the jaggery melt and simmer for 5 minutes in a medium flame.

Step 3: To this, add mashed banana dates puree, the remaining two chopped bananas, and raisins and mix.

Step 4: Saute for 15 to 20 minutes.

Check out the picture at every 5-minute interval. Add cardamom powder, mix, and switch off the flame.

making of prasadam recipe at different intervals.

With the flame turned off, add ghee, sugar candy, honey, and mix. Offer to the diety for naivedyam, serve as prasadam, and enjoy.

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Tips

Use fully ripe bananas for this recipe, not overripe ones.
Always cook on medium to low heat to avoid the burning of jaggery.
Add honey and sugar candy only after you have switched off the flame.
You can skip dates and increase the jaggery amount or add more dates and reduce the jaggery.
Use a pinch of pacha karpuram (edible camphor) for authentic temple flavor.

The texture of Panchamirtham made with banana, jaggery, dates, raisins, ghee, sugar candy, honey.

Recipe FAQs

Which temple is Panchamrutham in?

Panchamirtham ((panchamrutham) is a popular prasadam recipe from
Palani Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple (Murugan temple) in Tamil Nadu. You can see them not only in temple shops or foothills, but it is so famous now that they are also sold on Amazon.

Can Panchamirtham be stored for a long time?

This version of panchamirtham, if done right, has a longer shelf life. You can store it at room temperature, away from moisture, for a month. But note the taste and texture may look less appealing over time. For a longer shelf, you can refrigerate it for up to a few months.

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