HOW TO MAKE BIHARI - STYLE KHASTA THEKUA | THEKUA RECIPE

 

Thekua is a traditional deep-fried sweet snack from Bihar made from whole wheat flour (atta). Thekua recipe results in a crumbly, wholesome cookie or biscuit that is also very popular in Jharkhand. Thekua is also called kajuria, khajoor, khajur, khajuria, khajuriya, khasta, thekari, thikari, or thokwa.

The key thekua ingredients are whole wheat flour (atta), ghee, and jaggery (gur or unrefined brown sugar). Coconut, fennel seed, and cardamom are also added to the thekua recipe to enhance the taste, flavour, and aroma of thekua.

Thekua is traditionally rolled out, shaped, and pressed against a wooden mould called saancha, which can be greased with ghee to prevent the dough from sticking to it, before it is deep fried.  If you do not have saancha, you can use any utensil, cup, or glass with an upraised design at its base to make the desired design or pattern. You can also use the tines of a fork, cookie cutter, sieve, plastic basket, grater, toothpick, or even your bare hands to create a design. Or you can omit all patterns and leave the thekua plain.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 Cup Wheat Flour
• 1 cup Sooji
• 2/3 Cup Water
• 1/3 Cup Sugar
• 1 Tsp Fennel,
• 1 Tbsp Coconut
• 1 Tsps Cardamom Powder

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HOW TO MAKE THEKUA

1.  In a large bowl take wheat flour and sooji.
2. Add fennel, coconut and cardamom powder and mix well.
3. Then add 3 tablespoon ghee, mix and make sure mixture is holding shape.
4. Boil 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to prepare sugar water.
5. Cool the sugar water and pour over the four.
6. Knead a smooth and tight dough.
7. Pinch a ball sized dough and roll it in a cylindrical shape.
8. Now shape as you want with help of saancha. 
9. Deep fry them in ghee for 15 minutes until golden brown and crisp.
10. Drain off and cool completely. 
11. Thekua is ready.

 

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