Nag Panchami recipe: Easy sweet Sutfeni for prasad

Aajtak.in has shared a simple recipe for sweet Sutfeni (Sutpheni), a traditional offering made on Nag Panchami, which falls on the fifth day of the Shukla Paksha in the month of Sawan. The dish is considered auspicious for the snake god's worship and can be prepared quickly using readily available ingredients.

The recipe uses 100 grams of ready-made or roasted Sutfeni, 1 litre of full cream milk, half a cup of sugar, 8-10 saffron strands soaked in warm milk, half a teaspoon of green cardamom powder, one tablespoon of desi ghee, and two tablespoons of chopped dry fruits such as cashews, almonds, pistachios and chironji. The method involves boiling the milk until slightly thick, then adding saffron milk, sugar, cardamom and roasted dry fruits.

Once the flame is turned off, the Sutfeni strands are added to the hot milk and left covered for 2-3 minutes. The dish is then offered to the deity and distributed as prasad among the family.