Saturday, September 18, 2010

Khirapat/Panchakhyadya for Ganpati Bappa

We had a great Ganpati celebrations at home this year. I was so busy with my favorite guest 'Ganesha' that I could not manage to get a time for posting this festival recipes. Like every year we prepared variety of Modaks. But this year it was a record, I prepared some 200 Fried Modaks. Lots of friends came for the Aarti on first day of the festival. It was fun. Now I am feeling lonely without that lovely idol. Let's come to the point. I have already posted modak recipes here. So this time another favorite Prasad of Ganpati is Khirapat or Panchakhadya, which contains 5 main ingredients starting from Marathi letter 'ख'. Khobra, Kharik, khaskhas, khismis, khadisakhar.


Ingredients

ख)Khobra khisun / Grated dry Coconut - 1 cup
ख)Kharik/ Dry dates (finely chopped) - 3/4 cup
ख)Khaskhas/ Poppy seeds - 1 tablespoon
ख)Khismis/ raisins - 10-12
ख)Khadisakhar/ Rock Sugar- 1/4 cup
Cardamom Powder - 1 teaspoon

Procedure
Roast grated dry coconut in kadai for 2-3 minutes. Do not let the color गेट change. Roast poppy seeds for 1-2 minutes. Now mix dry dates poppy seeds and rock sugar together. In mixer make a coarse powder of it. Crushed roasted coconut little with hands. Then mix all other ingredients into it. Easy & quick Naivedya for Ganpati is ready. You can store it in a air tight container and use it for 8-10 days.


Another recipes for Ganesha Festival.

8 comments:

Pushpa said...

Very interesting...thanks for sharing.

Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

Akila said...

modaks looks so lovely dear.... and Ganesha also looks cute....

http://akilaskitchen.blogspot.com

Hayley said...

Lovely Modak recipes..never tried it! thanks for sharing ..

Satya said...

ur ganapathi is looking so cute ...thanks for sharing this wonderful prasad n the detailed information of kha ...have a gr8 weekend

Satya
http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

Desisoccermom said...

This brings back memories of Ganpati back home. Did not know khirapat is called so because of all the kh. Very interesting. And you made 200 fried modaks? My Ganpati bappa will be happy if I manage to make 11 this year.

chaitrali pathak said...

This Panchakhadya made me Nostalgic.....My Aaji ( granny ) alwaysused to make this for ganpati...she's old now...so cnat make....n i always wanted the exact proportion for this..thank u so much dear....

Priya Suresh said...

Panchakhyadya looks fabulous..Cute looking ganesh..

Deepti said...

Thts an interesting prasad recipe for me...luvly modaks as well.

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