Mewa Pag

Name: How to Make Mewa Pag | Easy & Delicious Mewa Pag Recipe
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: north-indian

#kj6 Mewa Pag is a specialty sweet made during the auspicious Hindu festival of Janmashtami and is offered as bhog/prasad in temples and homes. Basically it is a sweet fudge or bar made with different dry fruits and seeds with sugar or jaggery syrup.

prep time 10 Mins

cook time 15 Mins

chef Nivedita Sehgal

Step 1

Heat ghee in a pan

Step 2

Roast almonds, cashew nuts for 1-2 mins. or till it gives a nice roasted aroma.

Step 3

Now add makhana and roast for 2-3 mins.

Step 4

Take out the almonds and cashews, then in the same pan add melon seeds.

Step 5

Roast for a few minutes. Melon seeds pop so you can cover the pan with a lid.

Step 6

Take out once it gets light brown.

Step 7

Add dried coconut and raisins and sauté for 1-2 min. till it starts to give nutty aroma and gets a light brown color.

Step 8

Take out and keep aside once it is done.

Step 9

Once all the nuts and seeds cool down, coarsely crush the nuts. Use mortar pestle or your food processor.

Step 10

In the same pan now add sugar, add water.

Step 11

Make sugar syrup of 1 string consistency.

Step 12

Add cardamom powder

Step 13

Now add all the coarsely crushed nuts and mix.

Step 14

Quickly transfer the mixture to the greased plate and press the nuts and sugar mixture tightly.

Step 15

Let it set for 10-15 minutes.

Step 16

Then cut in pieces and store in an air tight container.

Step 17

Stays good for 4-5 days.

Calories 150 Kcal

Total Fat 11 g

Carbs 14 g

Protein 20 g

ESSENTIAL ITEMS

1 cup makhana

2 tbsp almonds

2 tbsp cashew nuts

1.25 cup melon seeds

0.25 cup dried coconut (pieces or grated)

0.5 cup ghee

1 tbsp raisins

1 tbsp chironji optional

0.25 tsp cardamom powder

1 cup for sugar syrup: sugar

0.5 cup water for sugar syrup

Recipe by:

Nivedita Sehgal

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