Thekua
Thekua is a famous Bihari Cookie prepared with whole wheat flour, coconut and jaggery during Chath Puja.
Servings: 30 Thekua
Calories: 167kcal
Cost: Rs 200
Ingredients
- 300 g Whole Wheat Flour / Atta 2 cups
- 150 g Jaggery / Gur 1 cup
- 1 cup Desiccated Coconut
- 10 Green Cardamom
- 2 tablespoon Clarified Butter / Ghee
- 25 g Cashew Nut and Almond optional
- 200 ml Refined Vegetable Oil for Deep Frying
Instructions
- Make a powder of the green cardamoms and keep it aside.
- Chop cashew nuts and almonds; however, this step is optional. If you don't want to add dry fruits, then just skip them.
- I love the crunchiness of dry fruits, and I have a good stock of dry fruits after Diwali, so I have just utilized them to make thekua.
- Take Jaggery along with ½ cup of water in a pan and heat it to melt the Jaggery to prepare Jaggery water. We don't need thick syrup for this.
- Mix 1 tablespoon Ghee in the hot Jaggery water and let the water stand for 5-7 minutes.
- Now take Wheat flour along with the desiccated coconut, powdered cardamom, and chopped dry fruits in a bowl, and add a little Jaggery water and start kneading it.
- Prepare a tight dough using the entire Jaggery water. If required, add a little more wheat flour to make the dough perfect.
- Keep the dough for 5 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 20 equal portions of a size of little smaller than ping pong balls.
- Using a mold shape the Thekua. If not available with a Thekua mold, use a fork to decorate.
- Take one wheat ball and place it over the mold.
- Press it a little on the upper surface of the mold to get a decorated yet flattened small disk. If you don’t want to decorate it, then just flatten a wheat ball with the help of your hands.
- Make the rest of the cookies following the same process.
- Now, heat sufficient oil along with 1 tbsp. of Ghee in a wok for deep frying.
- Start frying Thekua in a batch of 3-4, depending on the radius of the pan, in low flame till they turn golden brown in color and are thoroughly cooked from inside. Don’t fry Khajur in high flame.
- Prepare the rest of the Thekua and place those on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
- Thekua can be stored in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Serving: 45g | Calories: 167kcal | Carbohydrates: 20.4g | Protein: 2.1g | Fat: 8.8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 368mg | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 7.5g
