Thekua | Fried Indian Biscuit
Thekua or Khajur is a popular sweet or deep fried biscuit from Bihar. It's made with Jaggery and sugar respectively with either wheat flour or maida. These are deep fried and can stay fresh for a month.
Ingredients
- 1 kg Wheat Flour / Maida
- 300 gms Sugar powdered
- 50 gms Copra / Dry Coconut
- 1 cup Semolina / Sooji / Rava
- 100 gms Ghee
- Milk / Water to knead
- 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
- 1/4 tsp Cardamon Powder
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Take the wheat flour in a bowl, add grated dry coconut.
- Then, add crushed Fennel seeds which are still sort of coarse.
- Add ghee to the flour and crumble well.
- Melt the jaggery to remove the impurities. Add to the flour and knead well.
- Crumble again till you get a dough that you can roll out. Rest for 10 mins for best results.
- If the dough formed doesn't hold its shape, you can sprinkle some water or milk. Knead again and let it rest.
- Once done, roll out and press out small discs using different molds. The discs can be 1" width.
- Heat a kadai with cooking oil and deep fry on both sides.
- Once cooled, this can be stored in an airtight container for over a month.
Notes
For the copra, I was told it’s normally added as small pieces. You can also use grated copra.
First measure out the sugar and then powder it.
If you want, you can replace the sugar with Jaggary or Honey also.
If you don't have cardamom powder, you can powder it along with the sugar and add it to the dough.
It's very important for the dough to be stiff, so go tight on the water or milk that you are going to use. But make sure you rest the dough too. Smaller Measurement 1 cup Wheat Flour / Maida
3 to 4 tbsp Sugar powdered
2 tsp Copra / Dry Coconut
2 to 3 tbsp Semolina /Sooji / Rava
3 to 4 tsp Ghee / Refined Oil
Water/ Milk to knead
1/4 tsp Fennel Seeds
A pinch Cardamon Powder
Cooking Oil for deep frying Use the same process as mentioned above.
First measure out the sugar and then powder it.
If you want, you can replace the sugar with Jaggary or Honey also.
If you don't have cardamom powder, you can powder it along with the sugar and add it to the dough.
It's very important for the dough to be stiff, so go tight on the water or milk that you are going to use. But make sure you rest the dough too. Smaller Measurement 1 cup Wheat Flour / Maida
3 to 4 tbsp Sugar powdered
2 tsp Copra / Dry Coconut
2 to 3 tbsp Semolina /Sooji / Rava
3 to 4 tsp Ghee / Refined Oil
Water/ Milk to knead
1/4 tsp Fennel Seeds
A pinch Cardamon Powder
Cooking Oil for deep frying Use the same process as mentioned above.
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