Today in Navratri, offer Kalakand to Goddess Shailputri
The holy festival of Chaitra Navratri 2024 has started from today. This time the festival of Chaitra Navratri will be celebrated from 9th April to 17th April. The nine days of Navratri are very special for those who worship Mother Adishakti. During these 9 days, nine different forms of Maa Durga are worshiped along with Shailputri, Brahmacharini Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kalratri, Mahagauri and on the ninth day, along with the worship of Maa Siddhidatri, her favorite offerings are also made. On the first day of Navratri, the form of Mother Shailputri is worshipped. It is believed that by offering things made from cow’s ghee or milk to the mother, one gets relief from diseases and troubles. If you also want to please Mother Shailputri, then make Kalakand Prasad at home.
Ingredients for making Kalakand
-250 grams cheese
-200 grams mawa
-1/2 cup milk
-2 tbsp dry fruits
-1 tablespoon ghee
-1/2 cup cream
-1 cup sugar
-1 tsp cardamom powder
Method of making Kalakand-
To make Kalakand, first take cottage cheese and mawa in a vessel and mash both well. If you want, you can also grate it. Now prepare the mixture by adding milk and cream to this mixture of cheese and mawa. Now put ghee in a pan and keep it to heat on low flame. When the ghee becomes hot, add the prepared mixture of paneer-mawa in it and fry it on medium flame while stirring with a ladle. When this mixture gets cooked well and comes together and the milk starts drying, add one cup of sugar in it and mix well.
When you feel that the sugar has melted and the milk in the mixture has completely dried, add cardamom powder to it, mix it well, turn off the gas and keep the kalakand mixture for some time to cool. Now apply a little ghee on the bottom of a plate, pour the lukewarm Kalakand mixture into the plate and set it. When the kalakand mixture is set, cut it into square pieces with the help of a knife. Tasty Kalakand Barfi is ready to offer to Maa Shailputri on Navratri.
