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Panjeeri

Amma's notebook · Vrat & prasad, page 1

Rawa roasted in ghee with chironji and sugar: a simple prasad.

Panjeeri, in Amma's handwriting
Amma's original. Tap to open full size.

Method

  1. Heat the ghee and add the chironji. When it turns a little pink, add the rawa and sauté on low heat until it changes colour and smells good.
  2. Let it cool, then add the sugar.
  3. Dry fruits can be sautéed in ghee and mixed in.

Amma's notes

  • Amma: "always 1¼ in quantity, either with spoon or gms".

Typed up from Amma's handwritten notebook. Her Hindi and Urdu words are kept as she wrote them.