Tezzbuzz Desk- On the third day of Navratri, you can prepare sweets made of milk to offer during the worship of Mother Chandraghanta. This easy recipe for making Milk Peda is prepared with less ingredients. Know what things will be required to make it and what is the right way to prepare it.
During Shardiya Navratri, nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshipped. Worship of Mother Chandraghanta on the third day of Navratri is considered to have special significance. According to religious beliefs, Mother Chandraghanta blesses her devotees with courage, peace and happiness and prosperity. During this time, devotees offer food to the mother according to their devotion and family traditions.
Satvik food and Prasad have special importance in puja. If you want to make a sweet at home to offer to Maa Chandraghanta, then Milk Peda can be a good option. This sweet prepared from milk and milk powder is delicious and also easy to make. It can be prepared at home with the help of few ingredients.
What to offer to Mother Chandraghanta?
During Navratri, devotees offer offerings to different forms of Goddess Durga as per their devotion and tradition. In many homes, milk, fruits and milk-based sweets are prepared as Prasad. For the worship of Maa Chandraghanta, you can prepare Milk Peda, Kheer or other satvik sweets made from milk. While preparing Bhog, take care of cleanliness and select the ingredients according to your family religious traditions.
Ingredients required to make Milk Peda
You will not need many things to prepare Milk Peda at home. For this, take one cup milk powder, half cup milk, three spoons sugar, three spoons ghee and half spoon cardamom powder. Almonds or pistachios can also be used to decorate trees.
Easy method of making Milk Peda
First of all, put ghee in a pan or nonstick pan and heat it on low flame. Now add milk to it and slowly add milk powder. Keep stirring the mixture continuously, so that lumps do not form in it. Cook it on low flame until the mixture starts thickening.
After this add sugar and cardamom powder and mix well. After adding sugar, the mixture may become thin for some time, so keep cooking it on low flame while stirring continuously. When the mixture thickens and starts leaving the sides of the pan and starts gathering at one place, then turn off the gas.
Now let the mixture cool down a bit, so that it can be shaped easily. Apply some ghee on your hands, take small portions of the mixture and give them round shapes. After this, press them lightly and make the shape of Peda. If you want, you can make a small pit in the middle of the trees and plant pieces of almonds or pistachios in it.
In this way delicious Milk Peda will be prepared at home. Keep them in a clean plate and after completing the puja preparations, offer them to Maa Chandraghanta as per your tradition. This home made Prasad can also be distributed among the family members.