Satyanarayan Puja Prasad The auspicious time for the first Satyanarayan Puja of this year is tomorrow i.e. 6th January. So, if you have also kept this puja at your home, then make halwa or sheera with this method to offer it to God and distribute the prasad.
Satyanarayan Puja Prasad: Satyanarayan Puja is a ceremony performed by Hindus before or after major occasions such as marriage, naming ceremony, and house-warming ceremony. Devotees believe that by observing the Satyanarayana Swamy Vrat, one's wishes are fulfilled and auspicious works are accomplished well. Satyanarayana Swamy Puja is performed on the full moon day of every month.
How is Lord Satyanarayan worshipped?
The puja begins with prayers to Lord Ganesha who is considered the destroyer of obstacles. Lord Ganesha is chanted by chanting mantras and offerings of modaks and laddus are made to him. After the Ganesha puja, the priest recites the Satyanarayan Katha which consists of 5 chapters. After completion of all 5 chapters (stories) of Satyanarayan Swamy, Aarti is performed followed by the distribution of Prasad offered in the Puja.
Halwa recipe
Ingredients:
- Chiroti Rava / Semolina 1 cup
- sugar 1 cup
- ghee ½ cup
- Milk 2 ½ cups
- cardamom 2 finely ground
- Raisins and Cashews
Method for making Satyanarayan Puja Prasad:
- Put 4 spoons of ghee in a thick bottom or pan on medium flame. When the ghee melts, roast the raisins and cashews and take them out in a small vessel.
- Now put semolina or rava in the same pan and fry it till it smells good.
- Pour 2 cups of milk into the same pan or another pan and let it boil well. Then add 1 cup of sugar to the boiled milk and let the sugar dissolve.
- Add the roasted rava slowly to the boiled milk and stir evenly. This does not make knots. Cook for about 4 to 5 minutes until the milk dries up completely.
- Add remaining ghee, roasted raisins, and cardamom powder to the pan and stir well.
- Prasad's preparation for Satyanarayan Puja.
important tips
Roast semolina or rava well otherwise it will spoil the taste.
