Panchakhadya is a tradtionally a Mahastrian Ganpathi prasad. Maharastrians make this using dried dates, rasins and nuts. Traditionally it is like the panchamirtham we make with five ingredients.In karnataka also they make a similar one like this with different ingredients. I have tasted this many times in my friend’s place, but never asked her for the recipe. This year i wanted to post this simple recipe for ganesh chaturthi and asked her for the recipe. I just made the way she told and it tasted nice too. Wishing all my readers a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. May this festival brings you all a lot of abundance and joy. Check out my ganesh chaturthi recipes collections.
Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 2 Min | Makes: 1 cup
Chutney dal | Pottukadalai 1/2 cup Dry coconut (kopra) 1/4 cup Sugar 2-3 tblsp Poppy seeds or sesame seeds 2 tblsp Cardamom 2 pinches

Method:
- Keep all the ingredients ready. Poppy seeds or sesame seeds, whichever you use it should be dry roasted till golden brown. I had some powdered sugar so i used that. Here poppy seeds are banned so we don’t get it here.

- Grind everything in a mixer into a powder. It can be slightly grainy like sugar granules.

- Panchakhadaya is ready .
- You can keep this for neivedyam as it is or stuff inside sweet somas or stuff for fried modak recipe too.
