Friday Vrat Recipes
Lakshmi Bhog — Prasad Recipes
Special prasad for Friday fast and Lakshmi puja
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Milk Kheer
Time: 30 min — Most beloved bhog of Lakshmi Ji
Ingredients
- •1 litre full-fat milk
- •3-4 tbsp rice
- •3-4 tbsp sugar
- •1 tsp cardamom powder
- •Saffron (optional)
- •Chopped cashews and almonds
Method
- 1.Boil milk and add rice
- 2.Cook on low heat stirring continuously
- 3.Add sugar, cardamom and saffron
- 4.Cook until thick
- 5.Cool and offer as bhog
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Coconut Ladoo
Time: 20 min — Lakshmi bhog — white colour
Ingredients
- •2 cups fresh coconut shavings
- •1 cup sugar or mawa
- •2 tbsp ghee
- •1 tsp cardamom
Method
- 1.Roast coconut shavings golden in ghee
- 2.Add sugar and cook briefly
- 3.Mix in cardamom
- 4.Shape into ladoos when slightly cool
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Suji Halwa
Time: 15 min — Fast and udyapan bhog
Ingredients
- •1 cup semolina (suji)
- •3/4 cup sugar
- •3 tbsp ghee
- •2.5 cups water
- •Cardamom, raisins, cashews
Method
- 1.Roast semolina golden in ghee
- 2.Add hot water gradually
- 3.Mix sugar and cardamom
- 4.Cook and garnish with dry fruits
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Makhana Kheer
Time: 25 min — Ekadashi and Friday fast
Ingredients
- •1 cup makhana (fried)
- •1 litre milk
- •2-3 tsp sugar
- •Cardamom and saffron
- •Pistachio slivers
Method
- 1.Thicken milk by boiling
- 2.Add fried makhana
- 3.Mix sugar, cardamom, saffron
- 4.Garnish with pistachio and offer as bhog
Bhog Offering Rules
- ✓Always offer bhog in a clean vessel
- ✓Wash hands before placing bhog
- ✓Place tulsi or flower on the bhog vessel
- ✓Do not disturb for 2-11 minutes after placing bhog
- ✓Distribute prasad among family after bhog