Preparing Karah Parshad/Degh The person who prepares the Karah Parshad should be an Amritdharee who has not committed any of the 4 cardinal sins, does his/her Nitnem, has a daily Ishnaan and keeps the discipline of the five kakkars. The person who is going to make the Degh should have an ishnaan before preparing the Degh and then thoroughly clean all the utensils to be used with sand. The kitchen where the Degh is to be prepared should be cleaned and the area of preparation should not have a floor surfaced with cow dung. Cow dung is not to be used in the fire to cook the Degh. All the utensils used are to be of Sarab Loh. Mool Mantar and Vaheguru Gurmantar are to be continuously recited during the preparation of the Degh. The same volume of sugar, clarified butter, flour (chapatti flour) is all to be added to the Degh (variations of volume are to be made according to how much Degh is needed) and double59 this amount of water is to be used. The water and sugar are to be brought to the boil in a Karahi (iron wok), once all the sugar has dissolved and the mixture has boiled, this liquid is ready and is to be used later. This mixture can be kept on the stove until needed. The butter is then added to a Karahi, once it has melted the flour is to be added, then recitation of Sri Japji Sahib is to commence. The flour and butter are to be roasted, simultaneously Sri Japji Sahib is recited, when the flour has roasted, the mixture previously prepared of water and sugar is to be added. The ingredients are to be mixed thoroughly whilst the liquid mixture is added and the heat reduced to avoid splashes. The Karah Parshad is now prepared and should be put into another utensil if possible to allow it to cool down. The Karah Parshad should be only taken into the presence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib when it is cool enough to be consumed. When the Karah Parshad is to be taken into the Darbar Sahib, one Singh is to splash water in front of the Singh respectfully carrying the Degh. A rumala is to be placed over the Degh and kept over it at all times. When in the Darbar Sahib, the Degh is to be placed on a table/platform on the right hand side of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. A Singh is then to sit near the Degh and recite the whole Sri Anand Sahib (40 verses); this is for the Bhog of the Degh.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 07:24:03 +0000