Thekua

Name: Thekua
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup pure ghee(for moin); 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder; 1/2 cup coconut (grated); 1 cup hot water; 400 grams jaggery grated; 500 grams whole wheat flour; 2 cup ghee or oil for deep frying

Mamta Agrawal @cook_9214619

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Mamta Agrawal @cook_9214619

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Ingredients

1/2 cuppure ghee(for moin)
1/2 teaspooncardamom powder
1/2 cupcoconut (grated)
1 cuphot water
400 gramsjaggery grated
500 gramswhole wheat flour
2 cupghee or oil for deep frying

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Steps

1

Add jaggery to water, heat and dissolve.Take off heat, allow to cool.
2

Take flour in a large bowl. Sprinkle coconut and cardamom, also add oil for moin and mix nicely with the flour. Add jaggery water, knead in a stiff dough. Divide dough into 5 portions. Shape each into a long inch wide cylinder.
3

Smoothen by rolling it on a work surface. Cut each cylinder into 1” thick slices. Now shape each slice into slightly flattened oblong pieces with hand or by wooden moulds and gives a nice design on thekua.
4

Heat ghee allow to get hot, drop a few thekua at a time. Deep fry over low heat, till light golden and crisp. Drain, allow to cool, before storing in airtight containers.