Surprise guests are expected in an Indian family! So this lemony mushroom pulao is the quick fix rice recipe you need in your arsenal.

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Surprise guests are expected in an Indian family! So this lemony mushroom pulao is the quick fix rice recipe you need in your arsenal.
This Ayurvedic concoction of 5 ingredients is also called Panchamrut. A teaspoon of Panchamrut is served as prasad to devotees after a Puja. Read on for I am sharing an easy and healthy way to vary your food. Spread the love, like and share my post. Sign up for my newsletter! (link below) for updates delivered to your inbox every time I post that is once a week generally.
With Navratri around the corner, I want to share my way of making Panchamrut. In my maternal home, where Pujas are quite elaborate Mom made Panchamrut. Then I never liked it now I can drink by litres!
In both Jain and Hindu forms of worship, the 5 ingredients used are about the same. You will use cow milk, honey, curd, jaggery and ghee, Panch means five and ‘Amrit’ means ‘The Elixir Of Gods’. It is also called “Charanamrut” Charan meaning feet.
The 5 ingredients Amma used was milk, yogurt made from cow milk, ghee, honey, banana. Sugar is considered as impure or not natural so we did not use but some do. Then there are some regions that use seedless dates, cardamom, dry fruits like cashew nuts. In Kerala tender coconut water is added and called Panchakavya. This is offered to the Snake God or Nag Devta.
According to Wikipedia,
In Palani Murugan temple, Tamil Nadu, panchamrita consists of banana, sugar, ghee, honey, seedless dates, cardamom and sugar candy. The banana used is the Virupatchi variety, which grows only in the Palani hills and has very low water content.[6]
Ingredients I used for Charanamrut are
How to make The Elixir Of Gods
Panchamrut is said to
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Shobha Keshwani says
I also make it the same way but I mash the banana before adding. Living in South India I learnt adding banana to panchamrut. North Indians don’t add it.
ArchanaPotdar says
O I did not know there was a North and South divide on this too. 😀 Thanks.
Mayuri Patel says
I’ve not had panchamrut with banana, totally new to me. We usually add jaggery or sakar. I love panchamrut now. But when I was a kid, like you I didn’t like it. Usually would take just a drop 🙂 It is believed that panchamrut must be offered with some tulsi leaves in it.
ArchanaPotdar says
😀 you are right Mayuri. Like I said there are many variations in making a panchamrut.
Priya Vj says
I simply love panchamrut . Used to eagerly wait for satyanarayna pooja to end to savor this prasadam .
ArchanaPotdar says
😀
Sujata Roy says
I love chatnamrit but never used banana in it. Tulsi leaves are must in chatnamrit and its added before offering to God. So useful recipe with all the measurement of ingredients.
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Sujata in South India banana is added.
Kalyani says
This was served at the local Ganesh temple and growing up dad and me used to queue up for that every Sunday morning.. and fond memories of having panchamrut at religious functions too as it was never made at home (we had only tulsi water after pooja at home)
ArchanaPotdar says
😀 We could have swapped places then.:D
Chef Mireille says
I love all of the historical and cultural context you give in these traditional recipes. Plus this recipe looks so simple and delicious. I can’t wait to try it!
ArchanaPotdar says
Thanks, Mir.