Chaitra Navratri Festival 2018 - Special Bhog For Day 6 Of Navratri

The 6th day of Navaratri festival is dedicated to Maa Katyayani, the 6th Avtar of Goddess Durga. Once there was a great sage named Katya and it was his wish that Maa Durga be born his daughter. He practiced austere penance for several years to please the Gods. The trinity of Gods – Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva – got enraged and they designed Goddess Durga, who was an end result of the abilities of all deities. Since she was born to Katya, she was called Katyayani.

# Meethi Mathri

Ingredients

Refined flour 2 cups
Sugar 3 cups + 2 teaspoons
Ghee 4 tablespo
Salt 1 teaspoon
Fennel seeds (saunf) 1 teaspoon
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon

Method

* Mix refined flour, ghee and salt in a bowl. Add a little water and knead into a stiff dough. Cover and rest the dough for fifteen minutes.

* Meanwhile cook three cups of sugar in another pan with one and a half cups of water to make a syrup of two thread consistency. Pound fennel seeds with two teaspoons of sugar to a coarse powder. Add it to the dough and knead. Add lemon juice to the syrup. If any scum rises to the top, remove it.

* Divide the dough into twenty to twenty four equal portions. Press each with your hand to form a disc of around one and half inches diameter.

* Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai and deep fry the mathris on medium heat till crisp. Take care that the mathris do not turn brown.

* Drain and place them in a colander in a single layer. Pour the syrup over.

* Once the mathris have cooled, serve or store in an airtight container.