Mewa Paag
Mewa Paag
Shrikrishna Janmashtami is celebrated in India with much devotion and fanfare. Krishna's birthday is a joyous occasion and various falahari recipes are made during the day. Even the children keep fast sometimes just to devour the yummy treats that are made for bhog! That was how as a child I started keeping fast for festivals like Shrikrishna Janmashtami, Maha Shivratri, Naagpanchami and of course Navratri! Mom used to prepare yummy treats for these festivals and those were such a feasts!
This dry fruit paag is very nutritious and can be kept intact for a whole month, but it never lasts so long because everyone finishes it just in few days!
Basically it is a sweet fudge or bar made with different dry fruits and seeds with sugar or syrup.
Ingredients:
1. Makhana-1 cup
2. Cashewnut- 1/4 cup
3. Almonds-1/4 cup
4. Magaz- 2 tbsp.
6- Chironji- 2 tbsp.
7-Edible gum- 2 tsp.
8- Dry coconut- 2 tbsp. grated
9- Poppyseeds-2 tbsp.
10-Sugar- 2 cups
11- water- 1 cup
12- Desi ghee- 1/4 cup
13- Green cardamom powder- 1 tsp.
Method:
* Heat ghee on a medium low flame.
* Fry almonds till light brown, take out and keep aside.
* Now fry cashews till fragrant, remove.
* Fry edible gum in small batches, remove.
* Fry makhana, after a couple of minutes, add magaz and when it popps, remove both.
* In remaining ghee, saute chironji, coconut and poppyseeds.
* When everything is cooled down, coarsely grind in a food chopper.
* In a non stick pan. add sugar and water and make a syrup of one string.
* Add green cardamom powder and fried nuts, stir for about 2-3 minutes, don't overdo it otherwise it will become hard.
* Transfer into a greased plate and let it set.
*I garnished with some Pistachios.
* While still a little warm, make marks of diamond or square shapes with the help of a knife.
* Let it set further.
* After 20 minutes, finally run the knife on the mark your made before and take out the pieces.
* Store in a container on the counter.
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