Narkel Naru-Home made sweet in Durga Puja

From this article you will get idea about making Narkel Naru and the sentiment of Bengalis associated with Narkel Naru.

Durga Puja is the greatest festival of Bengalis. During the Puja days every Bengali family prepares special dishes according to their capacity. Varieties of home made sweets and snacks are prepared. Narkel Naru, means sweets made of coconut is the most attractive item in Durga Puja. Most of the Bengali families start preparing Narkel naru with the start of Durga Puja and continue till the end of Kali Puja.

 Sentiments of Bengalis associated with Narkel Naru

Making Narkel Naru in Bengali families is an old tradition. Bengali mothers prepare it for their son or daughter. One of the most important ingredients of this simple sweet is the love of a mother. Those who have settled away from his or her parents know how much love of a mother is associated with Narkel Naru. Most of the Bengalis who meet their parents during Durga Puja, carry Narkel Naru with them during the return journey after the Puja. Those Narkel Narus are not mere sweets, those narus are symbolic representation of a mother’s love, blessings for her child.

Preparation of Narkel Naru

Narkel Narus are of two types- Gurer Naru, the narus made with jaggery and chinir naru-naru made of sugar.  All you need to make Narkel Naru are as follows:

The main ingredients are shredded coconut, sugar, evaporated milk. All the items will be of required amount and how much sweet you want to make the narus.

Take a container and put the shredded coconut and sugar in it. Mix the two items properly and put the container on oven of low flame. The mixture is to be continuously stirred for 5-6 minutes until the sugar melts and is mixed with shredded coconut properly. Then put the evaporated milk in it again continue the stirring process until the milk dries up. Add some cardamom seeds, keep the mixture for 2-3 minutes and start preparing balls with the mixture. That will be your Narkel Narus.

For Gurer Naru, simply replace sugar with jaggery.