Panjiri (Panjeeri) is a North Indian sweet (Punjabi) made using whole wheat flour, ghee, and lots of dried fruits and nuts. Make it using my traditional recipe.
Heat 1 teaspoon ghee in a broad bottom pan over medium heat.
Once the ghee is hot, add edible gum to the pan and roast it until it’s puffed up on medium heat, stirring continuously.
Once puffed, take it out on a large bowl. Make sure all the pieces are puffed well. If not, they will stick to your teeth which will not be very pleasant.
Add foxnuts to the same pan and roast until crisp on medium heat, stirring continuously. Once done, remove them on the same large bowl in which we took the puffed gond.
Add another 1 teaspoon of ghee to the same pan and roast almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios, melon seeds, flax seeds, and, coconut until they are slightly browned. Once done, take them out on the bowl.
Now roast poppy seeds until slightly browned. Once done, take them out on the bowl.
Grind The Roasted Ingredients
Let all the roasted ingredients cool down to room temperature.
If the ingredients are not cooled well, they might release oil and become butter-like while grinding.
Add the roasted and cooled ingredients to a grinder or a food processor and grind to make a coarse powder. Do not over grind otherwise they will get warm and might release oil and become pasty.
Roast The Flour
Heat the remaining ghee in the same pan. You can wipe the pan with a kitchen tissue if there is some black residue from the roasting of ingredients earlier.
Add whole wheat flour and semolina.
Roast the flour on medium heat until slightly browned. It will take 10-12 minutes for the flour to roast well. Stir continuously; otherwise, the flour will burn from the bottom of the pan.
Remove the pan from heat once the flour is nicely browned and a nutty aroma starts to emerge.
Mix the Ingredients
Cool the flour for 10-12 minutes.
Add the roasted flour to a large bowl along with ground nuts, ginger powder, and powdered sugar.
Mix the ingredients well.
Add some more powdered sugar if you like the panjiri sweeter.
Panjiri is ready. Store at room temperature in a clean and dry container for up to a month.