Panchamirtham Recipe - Palani Temple Prasadam | Panchamrutham
Panchamirtham: Popular Palani temple prasadam recipe prepared using banana, jaggery, ghee, honey, and dry fruits as 5 main ingredients.
Servings: 12
Calories: 184kcal
Equipment
- Pot
Ingredients
- 460 grams Bananas approx 9 small bananas, divided
- 14 to 16 Dates medjool or any seedless dates
- 250 grams Jaggery or brown sugar
- ½ cup Water
- 100 grams Raisins
- ½ to ¾ teaspoon Cardamom
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
- 2 tablespoon Sugar candy kallusakkare or kalkandu
- 3 tablespoon Honey
Instructions
- In a grinder, add six bananas and dates and grind them to a smooth paste.460 grams Bananas, 14 to 16 Dates
- In a pan, add jaggery and water and let the jaggery melt and simmer for 5 minutes in a medium flame.250 grams Jaggery, ½ cup Water
- To this, add mashed banana dates puree, the remaining two chopped bananas, and raisins and mix. Saute for 15 to 20 minutes. Check out the picture at every 5-minute interval.100 grams Raisins, 460 grams Bananas
- Add cardamom powder, mix, and switch off the flame.½ to ¾ tsp Cardamom
- With the flame turned off, add ghee, sugar candy, honey, and mix. Offer to the diety for naivedyam, serve as prasadam, and enjoy.1 tbsp Ghee, 2 tbsp Sugar candy, 3 tbsp Honey
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Notes
- 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.