My struggles with prasad recipes

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

I have the honor of having my marriage blessed by the Hindu priest in April. I

have always

wanted to bring something cooked as prasad to temple but I struggle with Indian

cooking

recipes. Also, I am allergic to wheat, but I do love sweets.

 

I have been trying to practice and I'm getting discouraged. I know I have eaten

some

yummy prasad over the years but I am unable to locate the recipes or recreate

them.

 

My latest experiment was sweet rice. I found a recipe online. The result was WAY

too

sweet and the rice wasn't done. Normally I cook my rice in a rice cooker, so I

probably just

need to practice that part. Also the recipe called for cashews and raisins fried

in ghee and

I shouldn't have bought already roasted cashews, but anyway they all were

overdone and

tasted burnt.

 

I'm open to suggestions. Please keep in mind that I'm a U.S. citizen and I don't

always

understand the ingredient list in Indian recipes.

 

Thank you for any help you can offer.

 

Blessings,

 

pr

[Guest guest]

I emailed a friend with your query; here's her

wheat-free suggestion (note for those with allergies:

powdered sugar contains a little cornstarch.)

The comments and terminology notes are hers.

 

Annabelle's Ladoo recipe

 

1 cup Besan [chickpea flour] cooked slowly on low heat

in 1 stick of butter in a fry pan.

I like to use my cast-iron skillet.

It can take about ½ hour. You know you are done

when you've reach a golden brown and the consistency changes.

It's important that the flour is cooked well.

You can also add in ½ cup of chopped nuts.

Walnuts or pecans work great.

 

Turn out into a large bowl and add a cup of

powdered sugar and mix thoroughly.

Set aside to cool, then hand roll

into bite-size balls. They can then be

rolled in powdered sugar or finely

chopped nuts or coconut.

 

Just remember not to taste anything;

if in doubt about the seasoning,

you can take a little spoonful into

another room and make an offering

[...] (simply by closing one's eyes

and asking Him/Her to accept and

let you know if it needs anything).

[....] I always clean the kitchen before

cooking even taking a shower before

I take out any preparations I'll

be needing.

 

BTW, it isn't Prasad/prasadam until

after it is offered. Unoffered food

items are referred to as Bhoga.

 

 

, " prainbow61 " <paulie-

rainbow wrote:

>

> Namaste,

>

> I have the honor of having my marriage blessed by the Hindu priest

in April. I have always

> wanted to bring something cooked as prasad to temple but I struggle

with Indian cooking

> recipes. Also, I am allergic to wheat, but I do love sweets.

[Guest guest]

Couple of online Indian receipe sites

 

http://food.sify.com/

 

http://www.indianfoodforever.com/desserts/

 

Alphabetic spice index (to know the English names):

http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/spice_large.html#init_S

 

This is a simple thing to do. All one has to know is how to boil

stuff!! Even I can make it! ;-)

 

If you are familiar with the rice cooker, cook the rice in milk and

use it in the next step. (

[Guest guest]

Namaste G!

 

These are great recipe sites! Thank you for your help.

 

I'd love it if DB or any of my SS friends could be there. If you were my local

Sadhana group

I'd be begging. Alas we are close in our hearts and our keyboards.

 

I'll let you know how things are going.

 

Bless you, too!

 

pr

 

, " ganpra " <ganpra wrote:

>

> Couple of online Indian receipe sites

>

> http://food.sify.com/

>

> http://www.indianfoodforever.com/desserts/

>

> Alphabetic spice index (to know the English names):

> http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/spice_large.html#init_S

>

> This is a simple thing to do. All one has to know is how to boil

> stuff!! Even I can make it! ;-)

>

> If you are familiar with the rice cooker, cook the rice in milk and

> use it in the next step. (

[Guest guest]

Wow, this looks yummy! I've always wanted to make Ladoo, now I'll have to wait

until I

have 1/2 hour of patience. Not very easy for me!

 

I can't wait to try this out. Thank you so much for coming up with this for me.

 

Namaste,

 

pr

 

, " msbauju " <msbauju wrote:

>

> I emailed a friend with your query; here's her

> wheat-free suggestion (note for those with allergies:

> powdered sugar contains a little cornstarch.)

> The comments and terminology notes are hers.

>

> Annabelle's Ladoo recipe

>

> 1 cup Besan [chickpea flour] cooked slowly on low heat

> in 1 stick of butter in a fry pan.

> I like to use my cast-iron skillet.

> It can take about ½ hour. You know you are done

> when you've reach a golden brown and the consistency changes.

> It's important that the flour is cooked well.

> You can also add in ½ cup of chopped nuts.

> Walnuts or pecans work great.

>

> Turn out into a large bowl and add a cup of

> powdered sugar and mix thoroughly.

> Set aside to cool, then hand roll

> into bite-size balls. They can then be

> rolled in powdered sugar or finely

> chopped nuts or coconut.

>

> Just remember not to taste anything;

> if in doubt about the seasoning,

> you can take a little spoonful into

> another room and make an offering

> [...] (simply by closing one's eyes

> and asking Him/Her to accept and

> let you know if it needs anything).

> [....] I always clean the kitchen before

> cooking even taking a shower before

> I take out any preparations I'll

> be needing.

>

> BTW, it isn't Prasad/prasadam until

> after it is offered. Unoffered food

> items are referred to as Bhoga.

>

>

> , " prainbow61 " <paulie-

> rainbow@> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste,

> >

> > I have the honor of having my marriage blessed by the Hindu priest

> in April. I have always

> > wanted to bring something cooked as prasad to temple but I struggle

> with Indian cooking

> > recipes. Also, I am allergic to wheat, but I do love sweets.

>