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.

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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

Satyanayaran Pujo Shinni prosad is an emotion. It is an offering made to Lord Vishnu during Narayan Pujo done on poornima.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Total Time 10

Course Dessert

Cuisine Bengali

Servings 25 People

Calories 0.291 kcal

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 batasha
100 gms Khoa Kheer or ক্ষীর, 50 gms Batasha

Notes

Keyword No Cook Recipe, Satyarayan Pujo, Shinni Prosad

4 responses to “Bengali Shinni Recipe | নারায়ণ পূজোর সিন্নি মাখা”

Subhabrata Saha
November 1, 2020

Using Jaggery and Batasha instead of Sugar will make it more delicious. That’s what is followed in our family during past 60+ years.
1. speakingaloud
  November 1, 2020
  Hi, Thank you for stopping by. I am sure your family’s way of making Shinni tastes delicious. Batasha, specially Laal Batasha makes everything delicious. However, I haven’t seen Shinni made with Jaggery yet, but I would love to. So, if you ever share it on Facebook or Instagram, do tag me.
  There’s no one way of making Shinni. I have also seen Shinni made with Sooji or Maida instead of normal Flour. But the recipe I have shared is simple, easy and most-commonly used. Something that everyone can make.
Ishita
April 26, 2020
I like the recipe the taste is just amazing,but I have one query the flour used is raw it won’t harm us in anyway?
1. speakingaloud
  April 27, 2020
  Hi Ishita, the Shinni prasad usually uses raw flour. If you are using fresh flour, and by that, I mean not old or something that has been lying around unused for long, you should be fine. However, if you feel squeamish at the thought of raw flour, you can dry roast it a bit. But let me tell you that taste might be a bit different due to dry roasting.