Recipe : Thekua

Chhath Puja - Bihar's Biggest Festival
Chhath is an ancient ( Vedic ) Hindu festival, that is dedicated to lord Surya who is supposed to be the source of all powers   and chhath maiya.  This festival is mainly celebrated in Indian states like -Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and in Nepal. But now, the festival has not been confined to these areas. With the migration of people, now it is celebrated in many regions.      

On the auspicious occasion of chhath, I will share with you the recipe of a main puja prasad  called thekua.

Thekua

Ingredients :

Wheat  flour   - 1bowl

Ghee   -  ¼  bowl

Almonds   - ½  tbsp chopped 

Cashew nut –  ½ tbsp chopped 

Sugar or jaggery  – ¾ bowl

Ghee  -  for frying

Method  : 

• take flour in a bowl add ghee. Mix it well by  rubbing with the palm

• Add sugar in water and bring to boil, or melt the jaggery.
• Add both nuts, sugar solution or melted jaggery in to the prepared  flour to form dough
• Make small roundels from the dough.
• Take a wok & put it on the high flame. Pour ghee and heat it up.
• After it gets heated, drop roundels in ghee to fry.
• At low flame, fry until crisp, golden brown
• Serve hot.