Panjiri is a traditional, Punjabi sweet snack made by blending roasted wheat flour, nuts, makhana and sugar. Panjiri is a Janmashtami special sweet offered to Lord Krishna and can be relished as an anytime snack. Panjiri is mild & healthy sweet compared to the packed foods.
Panjiri is a traditional sweet made with wheat flour ,ghee, nuts and dry fruits. Panjiri Recipe is explained here with step by step pictures and video for easy understanding.
About Panjiri
Panjiri a punjabi special dry sweet, easy to make and tastes so good even with minimal ingredients. Actually there are many variations to Panjiri Recipe like you can make it with rava, add dessicated coconut etc. But this one I am sharing here uses wheat flour as main ingredient so its healthy too. I did not add any additional ingredients thought to stick with the recipe itself so this is a simple Panjiri Recipe with easily available ingredients.
Panjiri is a easy to make snack, just grab few ingredients, roast them seperately and you are done. It is one of the healthy snacks that you can make for kids.
Panjiri Ingredients
- Wheat Flour – Use good quality wheat flour. I used homemade wheat flour.
- Sugar – You can use cane sugar or regular white sugar too.
- Ghee – Use homemade ghee for best aroma and flavour as ghee forms the base for this recipe.
- Nuts & Dry Fruits – You can use any nuts and dry fruits of your choice. I have used cashews, almonds, pistachios and raisins.
- Phool Makhana – Makhana or Lotus seeds are also roasted and added. It should be roasted until crisp and then added.
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Panjiri
Ingredients
- 1 cup wheat flour
- 1/2 cup makhana
- 1+2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tbsp cashew roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp badam roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp pista roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp raisin
- 1/2 cup cane sugar
You can even add 1/4 cup desiccated coconut(roast and add)
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a kadai- add all the 3 nuts, fry until crisp and golden, remove and set aside.
- Now add raisins and fry until it bubbles up and is golden. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
- Add makhana and roast it until crisp and golden. Break and see to check if its crisp. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
- Now add remaining 2 tbsp ghee to the kadai. Now add wheat flour and roast without any lumps, even if it forms break it and roast the flour.
- Roast until its golden and nice aroma comes. See the color and texture change in the tile pic. Switch off and set aside to cool.
- When its still warm, add cane sugar and roasted ingredients. Mix well.
- Store Panjiri in a clean dry airtight container.
Video
Notes
- You can add powdered normal white sugar itself but cane sugar tastes best.
- You can keep in room temperature for about a week and enjoy.
Panjiri Recipe Step by Step
Frying nuts & dry fruits
1.Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a kadai- add all the 3 nuts.
2.Fry until crisp and golden.Remove and set aside.
3.Now add raisins and fry until it bubbles up and is golden.Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
Frying Makhana
4.Add makhana and roast it until crisp and golden.
5.Break and see to check if its crisp.Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
Frying wheat flour
6.Now add remaining 2 tbsp ghee to the kadai.
7.Now add wheat flour.
8.Roast without any lumps, even if it forms break it and roast the flour.
9.Roast until its golden and nice aroma comes.
10.See the color and texture change in the tile pic.
11.You can see the difference in color and texture. Switch off and set aside to cool.
12.Now remove from fire.
Mixing with sugar, nuts
13.When its still warm, add cane sugar.
14.Add roasted ingredients.
15.Mix well.
Panjiri is ready!
Expert Tips
- You can add powdered normal white sugar itself but cane sugar tastes best.
- You can keep in room temperature for about 2-3 days and enjoy.
- Though adding makhana is purely your choice, I would recommend adding it as it gives such a nice crunch and taste to this dish.
- You can use white sugar or brown sugar too.
- You can serve panjiri as such or with warm milk.
Variations
- You can add half and half of wheat flour and sooji.
- The choice of dry fruits and nuts is purely your preference.
- You can use 1/4 cup dessicated coconut, just toast it slightly and combine it with other ingredients.
- You can use edible gum also called as gond roast it until it puffs up and add it. But make sure to add it preferably in winters as gond is warming.
- You can add dried rose petals as garnish if you like.
- If you like the flavour of dry ginger powder, you can add 1/4 tsp.
Storing & Serving Suggestion
Store in an airtight container to retain freshness. Need not refrigerate. Panjiri keeps well for about 2-3 days in room temperature, after refrigerate and consume.
You can serve Panjiri as such or serve with warm milk.
FAQs
1.What is Panjiri?
Panjiri is a traditional, Punjabi sweet snack made by blending roasted wheat flour, nuts, makhana and sugar. Panjiri is a Janmashtami special sweet offered to Lord Krishna and can be relished as an anytime snack.
2.Is Panjiri healthy?
Yes I can claim this Panjiri Recipe is healthy as I have used just whole wheat flour, canesugar along with nuts and dryfruits.
3.What is the shelf life of Panjiri?
Panjiri keeps well for about 2-3 days in room temperature, after that refrigerate and consume.
4. How to make Panjiri?
Fry the nuts and dry fruits in ghee, roast makhana until crisp set aside. Then add wheat flour to remaining ghee, roast until color and texture changes. Finally mix everything together along with canesugar and Panjiri is ready.
5.Does making Panjiri take time?
No not at all, just gather the ingredients roast one by one and mix together and Panjiri is done in no time.
Shalini
Thank u for the recipe…I too make Panjiri with almost similar proportions but have always used normal sugar…..can u pls share the brand of cane sugar u use, so that next time I can make it healthier 🙂
Sharmilee J
I used canesugar bought from a friend who makes cane sugar at home…no brand all. You can buy any trusted brand from a supermarket and use it.