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[Fat Freddy]

Years ago I read a lot about Rockets. If I recall correctly they were a mj based chewy candy made in india.
The exact reign I do not recall. Anyone know of this?

[Timmahh]

you tube/google? India Cannabis Rockets maybe?

[Fat Freddy]

well befor the bunny muffins hit the fan I had did a little research.
Seems there is not a lot of information regarding rockets munukaa, ( that is the name for them.
There was some references to bhang. Anyone got any friends from india?

[Emmet Co Care Giver]

I have a high times from a few years back with an article on india and bhang. There was a recipe for an almond milk tea kind of beverage and talk of cookies made with bhang...it's been a while since I've read it, but I'd be happy to look it up if you'd like.

[Wild Bill]

I think this is what you're looking for. Let me know how it tastes.

Happiness @ One Rupee


It looked like an ordinary pack of gutka or paan masala. But "Ananda Munakka" was different. A Dutch tourist handed a packet to me with the words: "You have one of these in the morning and you are happy the whole day." She wanted to know what it contained. I told her that "ananda" meant "happiness".

The contents of the packet were listed in Hindi, which she could not read. Nor could I, for the lettering was too small. She got me a huge magnifying glass.

As I scanned the list of ingredients, I found the words "Shudh Bhang – 15%". Trust a Dutch woman to find it! I told her it contained 15 percent pure cannabis. She was overjoyed. I read out the other ingredients:

Munakka – 40% (crushed dates)
Mishri – 40% (natural sugar crystals)
Jeera – 1% (cumin seeds)
Dalchini – 1% (cinnamon)
Lavang – 1% (cloves)
Kali Mirch – 1% (black pepper)
Heeng – 1% (asafoetida)
And, of course:

Bhang (shudh) – 15%

[Fat Freddy]

I think this is what you're looking for. Let me know how it tastes.

Happiness @ One Rupee


It looked like an ordinary pack of gutka or paan masala. But "Ananda Munakka" was different. A Dutch tourist handed a packet to me with the words: "You have one of these in the morning and you are happy the whole day." She wanted to know what it contained. I told her that "ananda" meant "happiness".

The contents of the packet were listed in Hindi, which she could not read. Nor could I, for the lettering was too small. She got me a huge magnifying glass.

As I scanned the list of ingredients, I found the words "Shudh Bhang – 15%". Trust a Dutch woman to find it! I told her it contained 15 percent pure cannabis. She was overjoyed. I read out the other ingredients:

Munakka – 40% (crushed dates)
Mishri – 40% (natural sugar crystals)
Jeera – 1% (cumin seeds)
Dalchini – 1% (cinnamon)
Lavang – 1% (cloves)
Kali Mirch – 1% (black pepper)
Heeng – 1% (asafoetida)
And, of course:

Bhang (shudh) – 15%

Awesome! Got to write this down, got a store not far me for most of the needed items.

[mike44]

That stuff sounds awesome Freddy , let us know how you do with making it. Sounds like something that should be made available at every market in the US.

[Wild Bill]

I wasn't familiar with asafoetida, so I looked it up. You may want to think twice before adding it to the candy.

Asafoetida(asafetida)
Ferula assafoetida
Fam: Umbelliferae

Asafoetida gets its name from the Persian aza, for mastic or resin, and the Latin foetidus, for stinking. It is a gum that is from the sap of the roots and stem of the ferula species, a giant fennel that exudes a vile odour. Early records mention that Alexander the Great carried this “stink finger” west in 4 BC.

Spice Description
Asafoetida is a hard resinous gum, grayish-white when fresh, darkening with age to yellow, red and eventually brown. It is sold in blocks or pieces as a gum and more frequently as a fine yellow powder, sometimes crystalline or granulated.
Bouquet: a pungent smell of rotting onions or sulfur. The smell dissipates with cooking.
Flavour: on its own, extremely unpleasant, like concentrated rotten garlic. When cooked, it adds an onion-like flavour.
Hotness Scale: 0

Attributed Medicinal Properties
Asafoetida is known as an antidote for flatulence and is also prescribed for respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis and whooping cough. Its vile smell has led to many unusual medical claims, mostly stemming from the belief that it’s foetid odour would act as a deterrent to germs. In several European countries a small piece of the resin would be tied on a string and hung around childrens necks to protect from disease. The shock of the sulfurous smell was once thought to calm hysteria and in the days of the American Wild West it was included in a mixture with other strong spices as a cure for alcoholism.

[Wild Bill]

I did some more research and found out that there was a mistranslation.

Munakka does not mean 'dates' it means 'Sultanas or large raisins'.
Although you could probably use dates if you wanted it sweeter.

Here is the corrected version in an easier to follow recipe.

Rockets

7 oz. Sultanas or large raisins
7 oz. natural sugar crystals
2 1/2 oz. cannabis
1 tsp.cumin seeds
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. asafoetida

Place cannabis in a 150 deg. oven for 15 minutes. Let cool.

Add all ingredients to a food processor and pulse until blended.

Mix it in milk and get Thandai (literally - coolness), the enhanced version of popular Indian drink.

Edited by Wild Bill, 09 April 2012 - 03:41 PM.

[HelpfulHubby]

They used to call me "Stink Finger" in High School...