Hayagreeva sweet recipe for Thrusday

This is a sweet dish that is used as an offering or neivedhiyam for Puja particularly on Thursdays.
for Lord Hyagreeva  (for children's education).

It can also be prepared and offered for auspicious occasions and festivals like Varalakshmi Vratha Pooja instead of kheer or payasam..
Method of preparation
Gram dhall ( kadalai paruppu ) is cooked with little water in a cooker.  Using a ladle break the dhall so that some are whole and some are broken.  

Add powdered jaggery and mix well.  In a vessel add ghee and heat it.  Now add cashew nuts, raisins  and the mixture of gram dhall and jaggery to the heated ghee

  Stir well till jaggery melts completely.  Add cardamom powder to it.  The neivedhiyam is ready. .  Adding  grated coconut is optional.

Usually it is prepared in small quantity since it is for offering.

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