35 min Weeknight Magazine kitchen
Vegetarian
Panjiri is prasad that doubles as food for a fasting night: slow energy, ghee, wheat. Mathura and the north make it without onion or garlic, which this already has none of. The ginger is for the stomach at 12:01 a.m. Do not make it pale; pale panjiri tastes of flour.
Ingredients
8
- wholewheat flour (atta)2 cups
- ghee3/4 cup
- powdered sugar3/4 cup
- almonds1/4 cup, chopped
- cashews1/4 cup, chopped
- raisins2 tbsp
- lotus seeds (makhana), optional1/2 cup, crushed
- cardamom1 tsp
- dried ginger powder1/2 tsp
Method
- 1
Warm ghee. Roast the flour on low, stirring, until it turns biscuit-coloured and the raw smell goes — 15 minutes. Add makhana if using.
- 2
Stir in nuts and raisins for 2 minutes. Take off the heat.
- 3
When it is warm, not hot, mix sugar, cardamom, and ginger. It should look like damp sand.
- 4
Offer a bowl at midnight. Eat the rest over days; it keeps in a tin.
