Bihar

Thekua

Name: Thekua
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Bihari
Ingredients: 2 cups whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour); 2/3 cup grated jaggery; 1/3 cup water; 3 tbsp for dough rest absorbed in frying ghee; 3 tbsp desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut); 1 1/2 tsp fennel seeds; 1/4 tsp cardamom

Atta, jaggery and ghee pressed into a mould and fried. Chhath's crunchy, devotional cookie.

50 minTime

4 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayAtta, jaggery, ghee and the Chhath mould.

The original

227kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

50minutessame

Classic thekua.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour)2 cups

Jaggery⅔ cup, grated

Water⅓ cup

Ghee3 tbsp for dough, rest absorbed in frying

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)3 tbsp

Fennel seeds1½ tsp

Cardamom¼ tsp

Method

4 steps

1Melt the jaggery in water and cool till warm.
2Rub 3 tbsp ghee into the atta with coconut, fennel and cardamom, then knead a stiff dough with the jaggery water.
3Press small balls into a thekua mould or flatten and score with a fork.
4Fry on low heat until deep brown and crisp.

Serve it like this

Drain on paper for a minute, pile onto a plate and serve hot with chutney on the side.

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