Karah Parshad

Karah Parshad is a whole wheat flour halva made with equal parts whole wheat flour, ghee and sugar and double that quantity of water, sometimes with added fennel seeds and sliced almonds; its name combines karah, an iron cooking pan, with parshad, food that has been sanctified as an offering. In Sikh practice it is prepared as a sacred food, cooked in a clean kitchen, often with a granthi bathing beforehand and reciting scripture during the cooking, and once made it is ceremonially placed near the Guru Granth Sahib before being distributed. It is given out in identical portions to everyone present at a gurdwara, embodying the Sikh principle of equality, and appears at services, initiations, naming ceremonies and funeral rites. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/