Bengali Satyanarayan Sinni Prasad Recipe: Shinni is a prasad offering made at Satyanarayan Puja as per Hindu customs and rituals. Here you will get exact details & proportions for ingredients of how to make Satyanarayan Puja Shinni prasad at home
There are two types of people, those who know what Shinni is and I am sure love having it, and then there are others who don’t! For those who aren’t familiar have to first know what Satyanarayan Pujo is. It is a puja dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is most often performed on any full moon day or poornima. Apart from other rituals, this preparation of Shinni is offered as prasad or an offering along with sweets and fruits.

How to make Shinni for Satyanarayan Pujo – নারায়ণ পূজার সিন্নির মাপ
- Milk or দুধ – 1 kilo 250 grams
- Jaggery or আখের গুড় – 1 kilo 250 grams
- Whole Wheat Atta or আটা – 1 kilo 250 grams
- Bananas or কলা – 21 nos.
- Grated Coconut or নারকেল কোরা – 3 cups approx.
- Raisins or কিসমিস – 100 gms
- Cashew Nuts or কাজুবাদাম – 100 gms
- Khoa Kheer or ক্ষীর – 100 gms
- Honey or মধু – 1 teaspoon
- Batasha – 50 gms
Apart from these, a few other items are also added, such as grated Ginger (আদা – ছোট এক চামচ), 3-4 Green Cardamoms (এলাচ), and a pinch of Camphor powder (কর্পূর – এক চিমটি).
Instructions to make Shinni prasad
- Gather all the ingredients. Grab a large mixing bowl suitable for puja ayojan. I prefer using a large stainless steel bowl as it’s non-corrosive.
- Peel the bananas and mash them thoroughly. If you are using jaggery lumps or cubes, mash them alongside the bananas so that they start dissolving.
- Now, add the flour and milk gradually while breaking the lumps.
- Once you reach the desired consistency, add the washed and chopped nuts and raisins, and mix thoroughly.
- Finally, add a handful of grated fresh coconut, khoya kheer, and chopped nuts & raisins on top as garnish and place a tulsi leaf before serving it to Lord Vishnu for prosad.
The main things to remember are, first, to use one standard cup for measuring the different ingredients, like Flour, Milk, and Sugar. And the second is to keep the count to an odd number. For example, 3 cups each of Flour, Sugar, & Milk with 3 Bananas (bigger ones or 5/7 of the smaller ones). Now, it depends upon you how much Shinni Prosad you wish to make. If you are making shinni for a larger gathering, then you can use 5 cups measurement, where the cup in use is the standard 1 cup measurement.
Else if you are making this for a small group, then you can use the 1/2 cup measurement 3 times each for Flour, Sugar & Milk. All in all, what matters is the number of times each ingredient is measured in a cup, and that should be an odd figure!

Serving suggestions
Once the pujo is over, it is customary to serve the shinni prosad to all the attendees. If you have a big crowd to serve, then you can dilute the shinni slightly by adding some more milk to it. Otherwise, pour a ladle full of shinni into a bowl and place a batasha or sugar candy on it.
Wanna make Shinni for dessert? No judgment, please!
Now, you might be thinking why I am giving you a recipe for an offering that you probably might not need for yourself. As per the puja rituals, when it is made for puja, it has to be made in a certain proportion. However, on other occasions, it can be made by eyeballing the ingredients. But why? Because we all love it. It is super tasty and extremely nutritious.
I am particularly fond of this as a breakfast idea. Bananas combined with whole wheat flour and sugar make it super loaded with carbohydrates. A small bowl full of this can refuel me for the next couple of hours.
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Bengali Shinni Prasad Recipe | নারায়ণ পূজোর সিন্নি মাখা
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1.25 kilo Milk or দুধ
- 1.25 kilo Jaggery Powder or আখের গুড়
- 1.25 Whole Wheat Atta or আটা
- 21 nos. Bananas or কলা
- 3 cups Grated Coconut or নারকেল কোরা approx.
- 100 gms Raisins or কিসমিস
- 100 gms Cashew Nuts or কাজুবাদাম
- 100 gms Khoa Kheer or ক্ষীর
- 1 teaspoon Honey or মধু
- 50 gms Batasha
Instructions
- Mash the Bananas and mix it with the Jaggery powder till it is completely dissolved.21 nos. Bananas or কলা, 1.25 kilo Jaggery Powder or আখের গুড়
- Once done, add the flour and mix till there are no lumps.1.25 kilo Milk or দুধ, 1.25 Whole Wheat Atta or আটা
- Then start adding the milk while mixing it till you get the desired consistency.
- Add the chopped Cashew Nuts and Raisins as much as you like before serving. Top it with some desiccated Coconut, if desired.3 cups Grated Coconut or নারকেল কোরা, 100 gms Raisins or কিসমিস, 100 gms Cashew Nuts or কাজুবাদাম, 1 teaspoon Honey or মধু
- Finish it with crumbled khoa kheer and serve it in a bowl with a batasha100 gms Khoa Kheer or ক্ষীর, 50 gms Batasha
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