Tuesday 8 August 2023

Panchamrit/ Panchamritam

Panchamrit/ Panchamritam
Good morning!
Panchamrit/ Panchamritam is offered as a neivedhayam. Panchamrit literally means 5 foods in Sanskrit. The five foods such as, cow milk, ghee, curd, jaggery / honey with bananas, dry fruits, raisins etc. You may also add chopped dates and some edible camphor. It takes hardly 5 minutes to prepare this recipe.
It's a concoction of these ingredients mixed to form a Panchamrit.
Ingredients:
Cow milk - 1/4 cup
Ghee - 1 tablespoon 
Curd - 1 tablespoon 
Bananas- 6 nos (medium size)
Honey- 2 tablespoons
Jaggery - 1/4 cup
Dry fruits - 1/2 cup 
(A mix of cashews, almonds, raisins, pistachio)
Crushed cardamon- few
Method:
# Mash bananas, chopped dry fruits, cow milk, ghee, curd, honey, jaggery, crushed cardamon.
# Mix everything well.
Panchamrit is ready for neivedhayam.
Do try this easy, simple and provide your comments.
Thank you.


Sunday 6 August 2023

Barley whole wheat Roti

Barley whole wheat Roti 
Good morning!
A delicious healthy easy to prepare this Barley whole wheat flour rotis.
Ingredients:
Barley flour- 1/2 cup
Whole Wheat flour- 1/2 cup
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Water to knead 
Method:
# Mix barley,  whole wheat flour, salt, sprinkle water and knead a soft dough. Rest the dough for 10-15 minutes.
# Make marble size balls.
# Dust some whole wheat flour and with the help of rolling pin start rolling to make this roti.
# Heat a tawa...put the rolled roti and cook for 40 seconds.

# Flip the roti cook on other side for 30 seconds.
# With a slight wet cloth press on the corner so that it puffs well....or can directly put in the burner.
# Can smear some ghee / butter and serve hot with some spicy sabji.