Prasad offered to Maa Kalratri during Chaitra Navratri is often simple yet delicious. Jaggery-based recipes are quite common as they are considered auspicious and are believed to be liked by the deity. Here are a few simple jaggery prasad recipes you can explore:
Jaggery Rice (Gur Chawal):
Ingredients:
1 cup basmati rice
1½ cups water
¾ cup jaggery (grated or chopped)
3-4 green cardamom pods (crushed)
2 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter)
A handful of mixed nuts (cashews, almonds, and raisins)
Method:
Rinse the rice thoroughly and soak it in water for about 20-30 minutes.
Heat ghee in a pan, add crushed cardamom pods and mixed nuts. Sauté until nuts turn golden brown.
Drain the soaked rice and add it to the pan. Stir for a couple of minutes.
Add water and bring it to a boil. Then cover and cook on low heat until rice is cooked and water is absorbed.
In another pan, melt jaggery with a little water to make a syrup.
Once the rice is cooked, pour the jaggery syrup over it and mix well.
Serve hot as prasad.
Jaggery Coconut Ladoo:
Ingredients:
2 cups grated coconut
1 cup jaggery (grated)
½ teaspoon cardamom powder
Ghee for greasing hands
Method:
Heat a non-stick pan and add grated coconut and jaggery.
Cook on low flame, stirring continuously until the mixture thickens and leaves the sides of the pan.
Add cardamom powder and mix well.
Allow the mixture to cool slightly.
Grease your palms with ghee and shape the mixture into small round ladoos.
Offer them as prasad after they cool down completely.
These recipes are simple yet delicious, perfect for offering as prasad during Chaitra Navratri on the seventh day to Maa Kalratri.
