Panchakajjaya | Vinayaka Chauti offering | Ganesha Chaturthi naivedyam | festive recipes
Panchakajjaya is a simple offering that is made during Ganesha Chaturthi.Various kind of panchakajjaya are made. Roasted chana dal, bengal gram, poha and even with green gram they do prepare this offering of panchakajjaya. Here is one kind from the state of Karnataka using bengal gram dal.
Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chauti is round the corner and we see so many blogs with dishes for the same. It is a important festival which is celebrated for ten days in some places. Ganesha idols are bought and beautiful decorations are made around with flowers and crafted motifs. Lord Ganesha is the eliminator of obstacles and also the  Lord of wisdom and learning. He is the God of beginnings in rites and ceremonies, precedings take place in good thought and note. Various offerings are made to the Lord. Modak, kadabu, chakli, panchakajjaya and sundal are some of the usual preparations made during this festivals. Panchakajjaya is a Ganesh Chauti offering made with a few easily available ingredients.
Various kind of panchakajjaya are made. Roasted chana dal, bengal gram, poha and even with green gram they do prepare this offering of panchakajjaya. Here is one kind from the state of Karnataka using bengal gram dal.
The good thing of Panchakajjaya is, it can be made a day earlier and kept aside for the festive day.
Modak is also made during Ganesh Chaturthi. Lord Ganesha loved modak and thus twenty-one modaks are offered as naivedyam. Another sweet, which we often do at home during Ganesha habba is kadabu. It is crescent shaped sweet prepared with a lentil filling. It is tasty and makes a good festive treat.
Among the savoury dishes, masala bhat is often made along with  black chana sundal and murukku.
Panchakajjaya recipe :
Ingredients:
Measurement used : 1 cup = 150 ml
- 1 cup bengal gram dal (chana dal)
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup sesame
- 1tablespoon ghee
- 2 cardamom powderedÂ
Method:
- Roast bengal gram on a low flame, it should not get burnt. Let cool, grind it to a powder.
- Roast the desiccated coconut lightly for a few seconds.
- Dry roast the sesame seeds until they splutter and give a nice aroma.
- Grind the sugar.
- Take a wide bowl, add all the ingredients and mix well.
- Panchakajaya offering is ready for Lord Ganesha.
About the event :
This is an old post, first published on 23rd August, 2017. Today, i.e, 8th Sept 2024, I have redone it with better pictures. The recipe remains the same. Sending this to Foodies_Redoing Old Post _135, a fortnightly event. Here, pictures have been changed along with a few edits.
Panchakajjaya
Ingredients
Method
- Dry roast bengal gram on a low flame. It should not get burnt and evenly roasted to a golden colour.
- Dry roast the coconut gratings for a few second.
- Dry roast the sesame until it splutters and is golden in colour.
- Grind sugar along with cardamom to a powder.
- Grind roasted bengal gram to a powder.
- Add all the ingredients in a wide bowl and mix well with hand.
- Panchakajaya is ready to serve
Notes
- You can reduce the quantity of desiccated coconut.
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Lovely recipe for Ganesh Chathurthi. Will try for sure.
Never eaten this before, but it reminded me of churi,made from atta that we make in North India for festivals
This is new to me, Sounds yum!
yummy panchakajjaya..happy ganesh chaturthi to u and ur family
This is new to me..looks delicious
I remember eating this at my friend’s house when I was in India!! Now I know how to make it.. saving the recipe will try soon!
First time I am encountering this recipe, it’s interesting.
Love these traditional recipes. Happy Vinayaka Chatruthi.
Looks like a great dish, thank you for sharing
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Prasadam looks nice and simple to make .. I have never tasted it anytime.
Very traditional recipe – it is very easy and simple to make too. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I’ve not heard of this special offering but it sure sounds delicious. We make something similar but don’t use grains but only coriander, fennel seeds, spices and sugar.
Thank you so much for introducing me to this recipe. Never heard before. Learning many new things from different states. This looks divine. Great share.
Never heard this before and nor tasted it. We are usually made panjiri as a blog Prasad prepared with whole wheat flour. Will try this next Ganesh Chaturthi.
I came to know about this Panchakajjaya once i entered blogsphere, earlier this prasad was quite an unknown one for me. Looks fabulous and prefect festive food.
We call this panch khadya and this I remember as a child doling our minuscule quantities as I wanted the major share. Lovely share.
Wonderful recipe. Definately would love to try soon .
We make panchakhadhya for Ganesh Chaturthi which is made from 5 ingredients loved by Bappa and which start with the letter Kh in Marathi. Never tried this Prasad with Bengal gram..but will try out this year..thanks for the share
That’s a lovely power packed snack! We make something similar in Punjab , called Panjeeri – a mix of slightly different roasted ingredients. You have reminded me of my grandmother.
Something new for me! Lovely recipe and it sounds lovely 🙂
We make something similar with roasted wheat flour for satnarayan pooja. This is very delicious and divine too.
I have never tried this dish, but we have something similar dish called Panjiri. Looks so divine and yummy.
We often make it for ganesh chaturthi. Fantastic share Jayashree.