Panjiri Recipe And Its Benefits

Panjiri 

Today I want to share the recipe of how to make panjiri at home. It is prepared from dry ingredients. Its taste is delicious. First of all I want to share the benefits of panjiri. 

BENEFITS OF PANJIRI:

Panjiri is a North Indian sweet. Usually panjiri is used in winter season because all the ingredients which are used in panjiri keep our body warm during winter. 

Panjiri is made up of nuts, pistachios, almond, semolina (sujji), edible gum and other ingredients which I will discuss later. As we all know dry fruits and nuts are good for our health. They are rich in protein and vitamins. They boost immunity and prevent us from diseases like cholestrol, diabetes  and heart disease. It is good for hairs and skin. It has omega 3 fatty acid which is good for brain. Edible gum is good for back ache.

 Panjiri is good for all aged group. It is benficial for women after delivery for fast recovery. They are full of nutritious and tasty sweet. It is good for lactating mother to increase breast milk flow. The ingredients in panjiri help sore muscles pain, relief joint pain and body pain.

INGREDIENTS:

Almond 

Melon seeds 

Raisin, Pistachio 

Char maghaz (melon seeds) = 1cup

Makhanay (puffed lotus seed) = 3 cup

Edible gum crystals= 3/4cup

Cashew nuts = 1cup

Walnuts = 1cup

Almonds = 1cup

Pistachio = 1cup

Raisins = 1cup

Grated Coconut = 1cup

sujji= 1/2 kg

powdered sugar/ juggery = 1/2 kg

Desi ghee= 1 1/2 cup

RECIPE:

🔸️Take a deep frying pan then heat 3-4 tbsp desi ghee then fry cashew nuts on low flame until golden brown and fragnent then add walnuts into desi ghee. fry until dark and fragrant then remove and set aside.

🔸️Add desi ghee and fry Pistachio until golden brown and then remove and set aside then fry almonds on low flame. Fry these until they are golden brown and fragrant.

🔸️Fry edible gum in batches on low flame keep stiring in between.  Fry until it puffs up and stop splutterimg. 

🔸️Add melon seeds( char maghaz) into desi ghee. Fry till golden brown. Remove and put in a drainer to drain excess ghee.

🔸️ Fry grated Coconut on low flame till light brown then remove.

🔸️Add makhanay  fry until puff up and then remove.

🔸️Add sujji and fry into desi ghee until it slightly change its colour and fragrant. Then remove and set aside.

🔸️then coarsely chopped all the dry fruits and nuts. 

🔸️Grind melon seeds, edible gum, lotus seed and sujji and make a powder.

🔸️Now mix all the ingredients in a big deep bowl. Add powdered sugar in it. 

🔸️Tasty, delicious and full of nutritious homemade Panjiri is ready to eat. 

How to preserve Panjiri at home?

You can preserve panjiri in a air tight jar for upto 3 months. But one more thing you have to be careful while eating panjiri, don't put wet spoon in a jar otherwise panjiri will be lost.

Panjiri for back pain:

No one can deny the benefits of panjiri. If you have back pain or joints pain and do not relief from medicines then you should take panjiri because panjiri is very beneficial for back pain or joints pain. 

Take 1-2 tablespoon panjiri with one glass lukewarm milk in the morning and 1-2 tablespoon with lukewarm milk in the night before going to bed and after month you will see the magic. You will definitely get benefit. During preparation, You can add 3-4 tbsp kamar Kas in your panjiri to get more benefits and get relief from back pain or joint pain. 

NUTRITION FACTS:

Amount per 1 serving:

Calories = 555.2 Kcal

Calories from fats= 339.57kcal

Total fat= 37.73g

Sodium= 9.8mg

Potassium= 188.8 mg

Total carbs= 50.93g

Protein = 6.13g

Iron= 3.3mg 

Dietary fiber = 3.01 g

Calcium = 30.5 m g

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.