Celebrate Raksha Bandhan With Chef Rubel Pupneja's Edible Rakhi

Raksha Bandhan is a festival that celebrates the bond between siblings and cousins. It is a reminder of how brothers and sisters stand by each other in times of happiness and struggle. They fight, scream at each other, play with one another, and grow up together, only to come closer as adults and enjoy the festival to the fullest.

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This year, if you are looking for new ideas for rakhi, look no further than the recipes below. Raksha Bandhan 2024 can be about starting a new tradition of making edible rakhis at home. Chef Rubal Pupneja, chef at The Ashok, shared two interesting ways to create rakhis in your kitchen.

Ingredients For Edible Rakhi

• 160 grams of white compound chocolate
• 150 grams of fondant of different colours
• Few drops of food-grade colours
• 2 tbsp oil
• 160 grams of dark compound chocolate
• For Decoration
• Edible white pearls
• Editable golden pearls
• Edible silver balls

Method To Prepare Khoya-Based Rakhi

• Cook khoya and sugar over a low flame to create a mixture with a burfi-like consistency. It should be binding so that the ingredients can hold the structure of the rakhi.
• Divide the khoya sugar into different portions and add food-grade colours depending on what design you want to create. 
• Use a sharp cutter and a few baking tools to give the desired shape of rakhi.
• Use the khoya mix to make circles, triangles, and strands of rakhi.
• Decorate the rakhis with sugar sprinkles, edible silver balls, and edible golden balls, depending on what you have imagined it to look like. 
• Your edible rakhis are ready to be served.

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Method To Prepare Marzipan-Based Rakhi

• Divide the fondant into equal portions and add food colours to make each portion vibrant according to the design you have in mind.
• In the meantime, melt white and dark compound chocolate separately by adding a little oil to make the mixture silky and smooth. 
• Spread both chocolates on parchment paper and let them rest. 
• Take the colour fondants and make stars, flowers, straps, discs and other elements. 
• Once both the chocolate spreads are set, take a cutter to make a disc (according to the size required for assembling). 
• Start putting the cuts and fondant together to create edible rakhi. Put one chocolate disc as a base, add another on the top, and use fondant elements to decorate. 
• Finish rakhis with sugar sprinkles, and edible silver and golden balls.
• Prepare straps of rakhis and serve them on a platter.