Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Sujata Singh
Offering prayers to a deity at home is an important ritual in India. The 'prasad' is usually cooked at home and can be either sweet or savoury. Here are some dishes that are cooked as prasad in India.
Modak is a sweet dumpling that is made during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. The dumpling is steamed, has an outer layer made from rice flour, is filled with a mix of freshly grated coconut and jaggery, and flavoured with cardamom.
It is made by combining five ingredients - milk, yoghurt, ghee, honey, and jaggery or sugar.
It is made from small, round droplets of gram flour batter (boondi) that are deep-fried and then soaked in sugar syrup.
Kada prashad is made from whole wheat flour (atta), ghee, sugar, and water.
It is made using various legumes such as chickpeas, black gram, or green gram, which are soaked and boiled until tender. The legumes are then tempered with mustard seeds, curry leaves, dried red chilies, and a generous sprinkle of grated coconut.