Panchakajjaya is a sweet dish popular from coastal Karnataka made mostly during Ganesha Festival as offering (Naivedya). There are five main ingredients in this, green gram, jaggery, coconut, Ghee and Cashews. It's believed that panchakajjaya is Lord Ganesha's favorite food. Here is my mother's recipe that I follow.
Ingredients:
Hesaru bele / Split green gram: 1/2 cup
Grated Coconut: 1/2 cup
Jaggery: 1/4 cup
Cashew: 10
Clarified Butter/Ghee: 1 tbsp
Cardamom powder: 1 pinch
Method:
1. Dry Roast green gram in a pan until they are golden in color and keep aside.
2. Heat ghee in the same pan and fry cashews and transfer into a plate and keep aside.
3. In the same pan mix freshly grated coconut, jaggery and cardamom and cook for 2-3 mins. Jaggery will melt and combine with coconut.
4. To this mixture add roasted green gram and cashews and mix.
5. Alternatively you can grind the roasted green gram into a coarse powder and mix with coconut and jaggery.
5. Serve as an offering to lord Ganesha.
Ingredients:
Hesaru bele / Split green gram: 1/2 cup
Grated Coconut: 1/2 cup
Jaggery: 1/4 cup
Cashew: 10
Clarified Butter/Ghee: 1 tbsp
Cardamom powder: 1 pinch
Method:
1. Dry Roast green gram in a pan until they are golden in color and keep aside.
2. Heat ghee in the same pan and fry cashews and transfer into a plate and keep aside.
3. In the same pan mix freshly grated coconut, jaggery and cardamom and cook for 2-3 mins. Jaggery will melt and combine with coconut.
4. To this mixture add roasted green gram and cashews and mix.
5. Alternatively you can grind the roasted green gram into a coarse powder and mix with coconut and jaggery.
5. Serve as an offering to lord Ganesha.
