Recipes

 PUA OR GULGULE
Pua or Gugule is a super easy sweets dish and mostly prepared in festivals like Dusherra, Ahoi-Ashtami  and Deepawali. This dish is mostly prepared in Rajasthani/Hariyani/Bihari household. Pua/Gulgule are deep fried sweet Pakaodas and are prepared with slurry of whole wheat flour. Traditionally, it is prepared with Jaggery but you can use Sugar as well. I add Saunf and Green Cardamon for the flavoring.In my house Pua signifies the Dushera Puja as this is the Prasad of the celebration.

Shoji-Halwa is a popular sweet dish which is prepared and served on religious occasions or served as Prasad in all over India.This dish is super easy to make yet a healthy and satisfying dish for sweet-tooth.Semolina is roasted in ample amount of Ghee or clarified butter and then cooked in Sugar-Syrup and some flavor like Green Cardamom Rose water.

Panjiri is offered as "prasad" in Satya-Narayan Pooja in North-India."Panjiri" and "Satya-Narayan Katha" complement each other so well that it is understoods fact that when you say Satya-Narayan Katha ;means Panjiri has to be the offering to The God. So Panjiri has that ritualistic value in North-Indian household. It is served as Prasad to devotees along with PanchAmrit and तुलसी- दल(Basil leaves). Traditionally, it is just Wheat flour, Sugar,Green-Cardamon for aroma and some dry fruits. That's it. However; possibilities are endless and you can go beyond these 4-5 ingredients.
After all,"Bhagwan bhaav ke bhookhe hain"( God cares for the emotion added to the offering) not the ingredients. So in this recipe apart of Wheat flour, I used Semolina, Edible Gum, Charoli, Char-Magaj, Fox-Nut and some other dry fruit for more rich flavor.

Its creamy, Its sweet, Its succulent, its quintessential, its divine  and last but not the least its Satya-Narayan Pooja Prasad. That's right I am talking about Halwa or Sheera.
Halwa is one of the ritualistic food in Indian houses. It is flour based dessert which is served in different ceremonies like NavDurga-Pooja, Satya-Narayan Pooja or any small or big event. In this recipe I used two flours;Whole Wheat flour and Semolina mixed in equally or ratio can be adjust to your own convenience. Flour is roasted in equal amount of Desi-Ghee and the end product is pure bliss of auspicious Prasad. This Halwa is so rich that Pure Ghee oozes out from everywhere in every corner of serving dish. I used Rose -Water for more regal taste and then served with ample of Dry-Fruits of choice and dry Rose-Petals.

Panch Amrit/Charn Amrit is the Prasad/Offering to The God after end of any Pooja or more specific after SATYA-NARAYAN Pooja. As name"Panch Amrit" suggests it is mixture of five ingredients:Yoghurt, Milk, Honey, Ghee, Sugar. These five ingredients are the essential part of Panch-Amrit;However, you could use Fox-Nut(Makkhane), Saffron strands, Rose Petal etc. to enhance the richness of the recipe. All five ingredients are  mix together and then it is served with Panjiri at the end of the Pooja. It tastes very good when it is eaten with Panjiri. तुलसी- दल(Basil-Leaves) is used for ritualistic value of Panch-Amrit. So it is also part of