Initial step starts with peeling off hard skin of sugarcane and cutting inch sized pieces out of it. Similarly peeling off banana and slicing it gets the things ready.

In a wide bowl take fresh grated coconut and jaggery powder. Mix it well with your fingers so that mixture becomes juicy. Add in thin rice flakes and mix it too.

Next dry roast the black sesame seeds and add to the mixture. Finally pour ghee, throw in banana slices, puffed paddy and sugar cane pieces.

An auspicious offering ashta druvya is ready for Lord Ganesha.

Always use fresh coconut so that the rice flakes turn soft and juicy.

You can optionally add honey and cardamom powder to enrich the taste.

It can last for two days at room temperature.