Mewa Paag| Panch Mewa Paag Recipe

Mewa Paag Recipe for Janamashtami | How to make Panch Mewa Paag with dry fruits and lotus seeds

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Heat ghee in a pan/kadhai.
½ Cup Ghee
Roast almonds, cashew nuts for 1-2 mins. or till it gives a nice roasted aroma.
2 tbsp Almonds, 2 tbsp Cashew nuts
Now add makhana and roast for 2-3 mins.
1 Cup Makhana / Fox nuts
Take out the almonds and cashews, then in the same pan add melon seeds.
¼ Cup Melon Seeds
Roast for a few minutes. Melon seeds pop so you can cover the pan with a lid.
Take out once it gets light brown.
Add dried coconut and raisins and sauté for 1-2 min. till it starts to give nutty aroma and gets a light brown color.
¼-½ Cup Dried Coconut(pieces or grated), 1 tbsp Raisins
Take out and keep aside once it is done.
Once all the nuts and seeds cool down, coarsely crush the nuts. Use mortar pestle or your food processor.
In the same pan now add sugar, add water.
1 Cup Sugar, ½ Cup Water
Make sugar syrup of 1 string consistency.
Add cardamom powder
¼ tsp Cardamom Powder
Now add all the coarsely crushed nuts and mix.
Quickly transfer the mixture to the greased plate and press the nuts and sugar mixture tightly.
Let it set for 10-15 minutes.
Then cut in pieces and store in an air tight container.
Stays good for 4-5 days.

To crush nuts- Crush either using mortar pestle or food processor.
- In food processor, coarsely crush makhana first, then add almonds and cashews and finely coconut and melon seeds.(In the method pics, I have used food processor to coarsely grind the nuts and the video shows how to grind in mortar pestle).
Cook sugar syrup till 1 string consistency only, else it paag will not set properly and will remain crumbled.
After adding crushed nuts to sugar syrup, immediately mix everything.
Make sure to immediately transfer the nuts and sugar mix. to greased thali/container and press tightly so that paag sets properly.
After cutting in pieces do not leave it outside, transfer in air tight container.

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