SHANKARPALA

Shankarpala is a crispy and lightly sweetened snack prepared using basic pantry ingredients! A must to complete the Deepavali faral. This is a slightly sweeter version which is my mom's recipe. I like it this way.

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Year 2022

Year 2022

Ingredients:

· All-purpose flour – 500 gm

· Fine Rava (semolina) – ½ cup

· Milk – ¾ cup

· Sugar powder – 100 gms. approx.

· Butter – 120 gms or ghee - 100 gms

· Salt – ½ tsp

· Water

· Oil for frying

Method:

· Soak rawa in milk for about 10 mins.

· Heat ghee or butter.

· Now add maida, sugar powder, salt and melted butter/ghee to the mixture.

· Rub the butter/ghee nicely to the flour mixture with your hands.

· Now start adding water and make a semi hard dough. Let it rest for 10 mins.

· Now take one ball from the dough, knead it well. And start rolling it.

· Don’t roll it very thin nor very thick. Use a karanji cutter and cut it into diamond shape.

· Using a flat spatula to separate the cut shankarpali and place them in a plate.

· Heat oil in a deep pan.

· Once the oil heats up, drop handful of shankarpali in hot oil and turn the flame to medium. Once they turn golden brown on both sides, take them out with a slotted spoon.

· Put it on a big strainer, this will help to get rid of the excess oil.

· Allow the shankarpali to completely cool. Once cooled, store in an airtight container.