Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Shakarpara Holi Recipe


Here is a recipe for shakarpara, it is very tasty and easy to prepare.  It is a sugar coated deep fried flour pieces. It can be stored for 2-3 weeks in air tight container.

Ingredients for Sharkarpara

Flour – 500 gms
Ghee—100 gms
Baking powder – 1 ½ tsp
Oil for frying
Sugar – 300 gms
Water – 100 ml

Method of Preparing Shakarpara

Sieve the flour and baking powder and mix with ghee. Add enough water and knead into stiff dough. Cover and keep aside for 10 minutes. . Divide the dough into 3 long rolls. Roll each portion into ½ inch thickness and cut with knife into 1/2 inch pieces. Heat oil in a pan and fry the pieces in hot oil on medium flame until golden brown.

Drain them in an absorbing kitchen towel. Ina pan boil the water and sugar, till it reaches one string consistency. Remove the sugar syrup from the fire and add the fried pare altogether and coat the pare evenly with the help of a flat spoon. Take them out and let them dry for a while. Store in an airtight container.

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