Thekua -bihari fried sweet (cookies)

Name: Thekua -bihari fried sweet (cookies)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: Wheat Flour: 1 cup; Fresh grated Coconut :2-4 tablespoon; Cardamom powdered: 1/4 teaspoon; Ghee: 1 tablespoon; Jaggery Syrup: 4-6 tbsp as needed to make a dough.; Ghee for Deep Frying: 1/2 cup + as needed

Appetizer

Very Easy

25 min

Ingredients

Wheat Flour: 1 cup
Fresh grated Coconut :2-4 tablespoon
Cardamom powdered: 1/4 teaspoon
Ghee: 1 tablespoon
Jaggery Syrup: 4-6 tbsp as needed to make a dough.
Ghee for Deep Frying: 1/2 cup + as needed

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time10 min

In a big bowl, mix together wheat flour (aatta), coconut grated,ghee and cardamom. Add 1/4 cup jaggery syrup and knead to form a dough.
Keep on adding 1 tablespoon of jaggery syrup as needed to make a smooth dough.You can use dry coconut flakes or coconut powder instread of fresh coconut.
Also other additions are chopped dryfruits,pepper powder ,fennel seed powder or whatever you like. Normal sugar syrup (sugar dissolved in water) can be used instead of jaggery syrup.
Pinch small balls of the dough, pat into rounds, slightly flatten them and press them on a mould/saancha to get a flat patterned cookie shape.
Heat ghee in a kadai/pan for deep frying and deep fry the cookies 2-3 at a time to a deep brown /reddish brown colour. Drain on paper towels.

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Monicahus

12/03/2017

This is so easy and I will prepare it...

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anonymous

28/08/2013

This looks as an easy recipe. I m going to try a baked version

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