Thekua (khajuria)

Name: Thekua (khajuria)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 cup jaggery; 1/2 cup water; 4 tbsp semoline/rava; 1 tbsp Cardamom powder; 4 tbsp chopped coconut; 2 tbsp Ghee -; as needed Oil/ghee for deep frying

Priya Sahani 271995 @cook_9639481

Kolkata

Thekua is a traditional dish of Bihar and Jharkhand. It is prepared on the special occasions of teej and chath puja. You can prepare this sweet deep fried cookies any time and enjoy it.

Priya Sahani 271995 @cook_9639481

Kolkata

Thekua is a traditional dish of Bihar and Jharkhand. It is prepared on the special occasions of teej and chath puja. You can prepare this sweet deep fried cookies any time and enjoy it.

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Ingredients

2 cupsflour
1 cupjaggery
1/2 cupwater
4 tbspsemoline/rava
1 tbspCardamom powder
4 tbspchopped coconut
2 tbspGhee -
as neededOil/ghee for deep frying

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Steps

1

Take all the ingredients.
2

Take jaggery and water in a sauce pan and put it on the flame. Let the jaggery dissolve in water.
3

As soon as the jaggery dissolves in water, turn off the flame and keep it aside.
4

Add ghee to the jaggery. Allow it to cool to the room temperature.
5

Take flour, semolina,Cardamom powder,coconuts in a bowl and mix it. Add the jaggery and water mix to it and knead a firm dough.
6

Keep the dough aside for 10 min.
7

Make small balls from the dough
8

Press it against the thekua mould to get the desirable designs. If you don't have thekua mould,you can press it in between your palms. You can also use maamoul moulds.
9

Similarly make all the thekuas and keep it aside.
10

Fry the thekuas in medium hot oil.
11

Turn the thekuas and cook it on other side. Thekuas should be cooked on low to medium flame.
12

Take out the thekuas and drain the excess oil and keep it in paper towel so it can absorb the extra oil.
13

Let the thekuas cool to the room temperature. Serve it at room temperature with tea.