Panjiri Recipe | Panjiri Prasad for Janmashtami, Satyanarayan Puja

Traditional Panjiri sweet recipe (Punjabi panjeeri) - Janmashtami, Satyanarayan puja prasad.

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Panjiri Recipe | Panjiri Prasad for Janmashtami, Satyanarayan Puja

Panjiri is a healthy, nutritious Indian sweet recipe that is crumbly and coarse in texture and prepared using whole wheat flour (atta), desi ghee (clarified butter), jaggery (brown sugar), and lots of dry fruits and seeds. Panjeeri is prepared and offered as prasad in many parts of India during Krishan Janmashtami, Bhagavata Purana Katha, and Satyanarayan Pooja.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Desserts, sweets

Cuisine: north indian, punjabi

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 262kcal

Author: Kushi

Equipment

Ingredients

5 tablespoon Ghee , divided
¼ cup Almonds , chopped
¼ cup Cashews , chopped
¼ cup Raisins
¼ cup Sunflower seeds
1 cup Wheat flour or Atta
½ cup Jaggery powder or Brown sugar
½ teaspoon Cardamom powder or Elaichi

Instructions

In a pan on medium flame, add 1 tablespoon ghee. Once hot, add almonds and saute till it becomes aromatic and lightly golden. Transfer this to a plate.
5 tablespoon Ghee, ¼ cup Almonds
To the same pan, add cashews and saute till light golden. Transfer this to a plate.
¼ cup Cashews
Next, add raisins and saute them for a few seconds. Transfer this to the same plate. Finally, add sunflower seeds and saute them until roasted, and keep this aside. Basically, you are sauteing all the dry fruits, nuts, and seeds in a pan and keeping them aside for later use. Use more ghee if needed.
¼ cup Raisins, ¼ cup Sunflower seeds
In the same pan, add tablespoon of ghee and wheat flour and roast this on medium to medium-low flame until the rawness goes off and it becomes aromatic.
1 cup Wheat flour, 5 tablespoon Ghee
After roasting the flour for 5 minutes, I add ghee in 1 tablespoon increments every 2 minutes and saute for a total of 9 to 12 minutes or until the flour is evenly roasted and aromatic. Check out the video here on making of panjiri prasad.
5 tablespoon Ghee
Once the flour is roasted, add all the roasted dry fruits, nuts, and seeds (from above) and saute for another 1 or 2 minutes. Switch off the flame.
Finally, add the jaggery and cardamom powder and toss till combined.
½ cup Jaggery powder, ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
Allow the panjiri to cool. Store in an airtight conatiner and serve as needed.

Video

Notes

Ghee and wheat flour are the main ingredients here. All other ingredients can be varied to one’s taste and availability.
Jaggery can be substituted with khandsari or powdered sugar. Don’t use confectioner’s sugar as it has corn starch and thus spoils the taste. You can use granulated sugar in powdered form.
If you want to make this panjiri vegan, simply use coconut oil or any vegan butter of your choice.
Always see that when roasting wheat flour, the flame is medium or medium-low. It would be best if you keep sauteing so that it roasts uniformly and will never burn. The rawness should go off completely.

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