ISHA RECIPE

Panchamritam – Sadhguru Style

INGREDIENTS

1 large banana or 2 small bananas, chopped

1 tablespoon jaggery/palm sugar

1 teaspoon honey

1 teaspoon fresh yogurt/curd

1 teaspoon ghee

1 tablespoon grated coconut (optional)

7–8 chopped raisins (optional)

One pinch of cardamom powder (optional)

7–8 chopped cashews (optional)

METHOD

Put all the ingredients together in a bowl and mix well.

How Sadhguru describes his recipe:

Panchamritam means five ingredients which make it into an elixir of life. This is a simple Indian trick – cut bananas, add some honey, ghee, and curd. Just slice the bananas, depending on how you want it. If you want it a little mushy, cut them really thin; otherwise a little bigger. There are many claims that if you eat panchamritam with all the five ingredients properly balanced in it, it is supposed to be very good to balance the thyroid, which is very vital for body, mind, and overall wellbeing of any human being.

I lived on farms all by myself, where my only diet was either groundnuts or coconut. At one time, I lived for months on end on soaked groundnuts and bananas alone. Bananas were the lowly poor man’s food, and I survived on that quite a bit.

The panchamritam here is turning a little luxurious because this is my only meal until late evening. Normally, it is five ingredients, but I have added more – bananas, coconut, honey, palm sugar, ghee, a bit of curd, and some nuts.