Recipe: Make This Sacred Sweet for Guru Nanak Jayanti
23 mins
Cooking Time
Easy
Difficulty
4
Ingredients
Veg
Diet
Gurpurab, or Guru Nanak Jayanti, celebration is not complete without singing Shabad (hymns), making Kada Prasad, and spending time with your loved ones. Sacred offerings in Gurdwaras, known as Kada Prasad, are made and offered during religious events, and this Guru Nanak Jayanti, let’s make it at home. With its four basic ingredients, whole wheat flour, ghee, sugar, and water, Kada Prasad has been passed down through many generations because of the comfort it provides.
Combine the whole wheat flour with the melted ghee in a heavy-bottomed skillet. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat, until the flour turns a deep golden brown and gives off a nutty aroma, reminiscent of Gurdwaras' prasad.
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Step 2: Prepare Syrup
In a separate pan, dissolve one cup of sugar in one cup of water, then bring the mixture to a simmering boil. The sugar should be dissolved completely for a perfect consistency.
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Step 3: Combine & Cook
Remove any lumps from the roasted flour mixture by slowly pouring in the sugar syrup while stirring carefully. Cook the mixture and allow the ghee to separate from it.
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Step 4: Serve Warm
Serve Kada Prasad warm in bowls, topping it with almonds and some pistachios.