Sweetened Beaten Rice (Godu Phovu Recipe)

Godu phovu a.k.a sweetened poha is just delicious, whether it's made as a snack at home or is served as an offering to God. In which case it's then served as Prasad.

It's made for taneek - brunch at 11am or as a tea time snack too. And is such a delicious & healthy one.

It is called panchakajjaya in Kannada, Konkani, if it is made as an offering to God. It then has to have 5 ingredients in it - beaten rice, jaggery, grated coconut, ghee, cardamom powder. It is the easiest prasad - panchakajjaya you can make in 2-3 minutes for any pooja.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup thinnest beaten rice
1/4 cup jaggery powder
1/4 cup grated fresh coconut
2 tablespoons of ghee
Cardamom powder

P.S: Please use the thinnest variety of beaten rice to make this. Not any other variety or thick poha as it won't taste great.

Please use fresh grated coconut to make this, ingredients otherwise won't come together.

Preparation method:

1. In a bowl mix grated coconut with jaggery powder very well using your fingers.

2. Add in beaten rice and mix well using your fingers.

Beaten rice should mix well with grated coconut and jaggery. Wet, fresh grated coconut is the key here.

3. Then add cardamom powder, ghee on top and mix well. Done.

P.S:

Use fresh coconut please for amazing taste. With fresh coconut you wouldn't even need ghee and cardamom powder, it would taste absolutely delish if you're making it as a snack.

Stays good for a few hours, until the next day too but the beaten rice softens with time, soaking in moisture from grated coconut.

If you're making it for naivedya - an offering to God, you can also dry roast sesame seeds for a minute, once they start to just splutter or just start to change colour, add it to the above mixture. Adds a nice taste.

Other panchakkajayas you can make:

Broken puffed paddy prasad (Laya sakare panchakkajaya)

Chickpea panchakajjaya (Chanedali panchakajjaya)

Chickpea Flour Panchakajjaya (Chanedali pitti panchakajjaya)

Broken Puffed Paddy Panchakajjaya (layapitta panchakajaya)

tags: kids snack, Diwali, breakfast, brunch, tea time snack, chauthi, naivedya, Prasad, Ganesh Chaturthi, Ganesh festival