Explore five delightful panjiri recipes for Janmashtami, highlighting health benefits and easy preparation methods to celebrate Lord Krishna's birth.Prefer HTon Google Krishna Janmashtami, also called Krishna Jayanti, celebrates Lord Krishna's birth. This year, the festival starts on September 4 at 2:25 AM and ends on September 5 at 12:13 AM. As Janmashtami approaches, temples are decorated, and people are excited to celebrate. During this festival, 56 types of food, known as bhog, along with many other dishes, are prepared for the deity. Many Indian households make a dish called panjiri as prasad for Lord Krishna. Panjiri is considered Lord Krishna's favorite, making it a common offering. There are various ways to prepare panjiri.Is Dhaniya Panjiri healthy? How to make Dhania panjeeri? (Adobe STOCK)Tavishi Dogra is a Deputy Chief Content Producer, Health & Wellness, at Hindustan Times. She has over 9 years of experience writing about fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being, translating medical research and expert insights into practical advice readers can trust.
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Tavishi began her health journalism journey in 2017, and has since reported for RSTV, Financial Express, Jagran, HT Media Labs and Zee. She joined Hindustan Times to simplify wellness subjects by cutting through jargon.
