Thekua- Fun Fact
Thekua or Khajuria or Thikari is a dry sweet. It is very popular in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.Thekua is a main prasad (offering to god) in the Chhath puja.
Place of origin :India(Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand)
Course :Dessert
Main Ingredients:Wheat flour, sugar or jaggery, ghee, cardamom
Ingredients for Thekuas
- 2 Cup (250 gram) Wheat Flour
- 1/2 Cup Grated Coconut
- 1 Cup (100 Gram) Jaggery
- 2 Spoon Ghee
- 5-6 Cardamom (Elaichi)
- 1/2 Cup Water for dough kneading
- Oil for fry
Dough Preparation
- For Dough kneading - Need to melt Jaggery in warm water
- Heat Pan
- Add Jaggery in Pan
- Add 1/2 Cup Water & Stir a min.
- Within a min Jaggery will melt in warm water
- Jaggary dissolved now - Warm Jaggery water is ready
- Filter Jaggery syrup in a bowl
- Filtered Jaggery water
- Add 2 spoon Ghee in warm Jaggery water
- Keep this syrup for few min so ghee will melt down
- Ghee melted in Jaggery water & its ready for dough Kneading
- Shift wheat flour in Big bowl
- Add Fennel Seed (saunf)
- Add Grated Coconnut
- Add Cardamom (elaichi)
- Mix..Mix..Mix
- Add Jaggery water little little & make hard dough
- Dough is ready to make Thekua
Making & frying Thekuas
- Take small lumps & give the thekuas shape
- Using sabji chilni here we are giveing the design
- Prepare another thekua in same manner
- Thekuas are ready - Lets fry these
- Oil should be medium warm for fry
- Place thekuas in warm Oil
- Flip both side of thekuas & fry till golden brown
- Avoid to fry in high flame else it will be reddish outside & not cooked inside
- Thekuas fried Golden brown - Take them out
- Take them out
Platting & Serving
- Thekuas are ready for serve
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Thekua recipe |खस्ता ठेकुआ - छठ स्पेशल | Khasta | Khurmi| Khajuria |Thikari| Step by Step Process with Snaps
- For Dough kneading - Need to melt Jaggery in warm water
- Heat Pan
- Add Jaggery in Pan
- Add 1/2 Cup Water & Stir a min.
- Jaggary dissolved now - Warm Jaggery water is ready
- Filter Jaggery syrup in a bowl
- Filtered Jaggery water
- Add 2 spoon Ghee in warm Jaggery water
- Keep this syrup for few min so ghee will melt down
- Ghee melted in Jaggery water & its ready for dough Kneading
- Shift wheat flour in Big bowl
- Add Fennel Seed (Saunf)
- Add Grated Coconut
- Add Cardamom (Elaichi)
- Mix..Mix..Mix
- Add Jaggery water little little & make hard dough
- Dough is ready to make Thekua
- Take small lumps & give the thekuas shape
- Using Veg peeler- here we are giving the design
- Prepare another thekua in same manner
- Thekuas are ready - Let's fry these
- Oil should be medium warm for fry
- Place thekuas in warm Oil
- Flip both side of thekuas & fry till golden brown
- Avoid to fry in high flame else it will be reddish outside & not cooked inside
- Thekuas fried Golden brown
- Take them out
- Thekuas are ready for serve
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