Panchakajjaya

        Panchakajjaya is Kannada speciality more of Udupi side made mostly during Ganesh Chaturthi as Naivedyam....Its known as Panchakajjaya where Panch (five) means mixture of 5 element dal (lentils) and many more with little variations in procedure too.

Its very taste and crunchy since the dal is not cooked but just roasted.

Ingredients :

1/2 cup moong dal (split yellow lentil)
1/2 cup black chana (bengal gram whole)
1/2 cup chawli (black eyed pea)
1/2 cup matki (moth bean)
1/2 cup black Til (black sesame seeds)

For Combining : 

1/4 cup Jaggery
1/2 cup grated coconut
1 tsp cardamom pd
1 tbsp ghee

Method:

Heat a pan and combine coconut and jaggery. Stir till it mixes well. Add cardamom pd. Mix well. Keep aside.n

Heat another pan and dry roast all the lentils including black Til until it turns golden brown and fragrant.
Allow it to cool and grind it coarsely. Now add the above mixture and combine well so as to melt any jaggery lumps left and to caramelize little. Add ghee to it. 

Now you can give it a shape like modak or laddoo.

Our Panchakajjaya is ready for Naivedyam.