Nagapanchami a popular festival celebrated across India on the fifth day of Sravan month as per the Lunar calendar. This festival has its links to several Puranas and folk tales. Historically this festival was celebrated to safeguard family specially men in the family who worked in agricultural fields and travelled in jungles for food and fodder and protect them from snake bite and snakes. Hence snakes were worshipped by women members in the family and few special foods were offered to please snakes and calm the creatures.
Tambit is one super easy to make super food in today’s nutrition terms and certainly a stiff completion to all the Protein shakes out!
This is a traditional sweet relished by all age groups and sisters share this sweet with their brothers on this special day of Naga Panchami specially in Karnataka and places neighbouring Karnataka and Maharashtra borders.
Very easy to make, recipe detailed below
The humble roasted chickpeas puffed Bengal gram/chana/ Phutani/phutane are powdered to a fine and a bit slightly coarse texture. 200 gms (powder form)
Roast gently grated coconut (100gms) and poppy seeds/khus khus (1 table spoon) till the nutty aroma is felt. 
Cool the mix of the coconuts and poppy seeds mixture, now add cardomom powder (5-6 cardomoms powdered) and the putani powder, mix thoroughly and keep aside .
Mix Jaggery (100 gms) in ghee (150 gms) and allow it to melt completely, now mix this melted Jaggery while this liquid is hot with the powdered mixture and bind into laddus while still hot. If binding is less add a little hot ghee and little grated jaggery if needed.
Important statutory warning :
Yes don’t store and eat alone every day a few till Rakhi, this will cause weight gain!
Love of giving and sharing is directly proportional to body weight loss 😉 agree?
Here’s the proof 🙂 as you gobble these with your family and friends you would have done 5 important things!
- Since you will share this, you will gain more love and happiness -more the serotonine released more weight loss !
- This effort will help you save/ preserve a traditional recipe and transfer to next generation meaning introducing kids to culture and traditional foods
- Help kids learn about an Eco-friendly festival why snakes are important in Eco systems.
- Adapting to one healthy wholesome food for the entire family as per seasonal change “The significance of high protein and fibre (chickpeas,coconut) immune boosting (ghee and jaggery) no weight gain (as coconut,cardamom and poppy seeds -labelled as super foods currently help the body from not again weight) ideal food as per the seasonal change “and
- Above all save a big money from buying those preserved high protein -energy xyz bars from Organic stores/ health stores !
I am sure all Tambi & Tangachi will love these Tambits ,
Important : Don’t feed milk and eggs to snakes on Naga Panchami day. Let them live in harmony in the lap of mother nature. Yes pray that these creatures are not troubled by we humans and become prey!
Warm greetings of Naga Panchami !
