Panjiri is a North Indian dish which is made from whole-wheat flour fried in sugar and ghee, heavily laced with dried fruits and herbal gums. It is eaten by women after giving birth as a nutritional supplement, to promote healing and lactation, or eaten in general in the winters to ward off cold. Its usage is culturally and traditionally meaningful.
It is consumed in North Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.

Categories: Dessert Mithai
Characteristic of: Indian cuisine Punjabi cuisine
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Wikidata ID: Q7131260
Wikipedia title: Panjiri
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