Sikharini

 For more info see: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Antya-lila, chapter 1; Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord, text 128

For 2 persons

Ingredients

1 teaspoon finely ground cinnamon 

1 teaspoon finely ground dry ginger 

1 teaspoon finely ground black pepper, 

1 teaspoon rock salt

1 tablespoon sugarcane jaggery, 

1 teaspoon finely ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon white turmeric (curcuma zedoaria)

1 tablespoon ironwood flowers (probably Mensua ferrea) 

2 cups of yogurt

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon sugarcane juice

yellow myrobalan (terminalia chebula)

1/2 teaspoon of edible camphor

Combine powders of cinnamon, dry ginger, black pepper, rock salt, sugarcane jaggery, nutmeg, white turmeric (curcuma zedoaria), and ironwood flowers and mix with yogurt. Purify this with honey, sugarcane juice, yellow myrobalan (terminalia chebula). Stir in edible camphor. This is called sikharini.