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Shakarpara Recipe (Khurma)

It is an Indian traditional sweet dish known as Shakarpara or Meetha Khurma. Shakarpare and Namakpare are the most favorite dishes of Diwali and Holi, which are prepared in almost every household in the Indian subcontinent. It may have different names in different regions. Shakarpara (shankarpali) is a traditional breakfast dish.

Shakarpara  is an easy and quick recipe and prepared with very few ingredients. You can also prepare and store this sweet snack recipe, it does not spoil for about a month. Serve it with tea on special occasions or on the arrival of guests.

It is usually spread in the shape of a roti and cut lengthwise with a knife, it is made by deep frying dough cookies in oil and then coated in sugar syrup. And it turns out to be a wonderfully delicious crystallized snack. People store this snack at home apart from weddings and special occasions and eat it when there is a desire.

Shakarpara Recipe

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Preparation time                      10 minutes

Cooking time                            40 minutes

Total time                                 50 minutes

Serve                                         02 big bowl

Difficulty level                          Easy

Course                                      Tea time snacks, sweet snacks

Cuisine                                      North  Indian

Ingredients for Shakkarpare  recipe

For the dough

All purpose flour (Maida)         250 grams

Ghee                                         02 tbsp

 water                                       add as required

For sugar syrup

Sugar                                       160 grams

water                                        01 glass

Other ingredients

Oil                                             for frying the sugar

 How to make Shakkarpare

Kneading dough

Maharastrian Shankarpali Recipe
  • First of all, take all purpose flour in a big bowl according to the quantity mentioned above. Add 2 tbsp ghee to it and mix well. Keep in mind that you can melt ghee and add it, you can also use oil.
  •  Mix flour and ghee well with the help of fingers, now gradually add water and knead the dough, add water as required, do not make it too wet.
  • Keep in mind that the dough should not be too hard or wet, knead a soft dough. Do not knead soft dough like roti.
  • Divide the dough into 3-4 equal parts and cover it with a cloth.
  • Now take a portion and roll out thick rotis of large diameter with the help of rolling pin.
  • Cut vertically-horizontally with the help of a knife and keep it aside.

 How to Fry Shakarpare

Khurma Recipe
  • Put oil in a large pan and heat it. When the oil is hot, put a small piece of dough in it and check the temperature. If the dough rises quickly, the temperature is high and if it slowly rises to the surface, the temperature is low. Keep the temperature medium, only then the shakkarpare will become crunchy.
  • Fry the shakarpara lightly golden, flip it once it is cooked on one side.
  • Keep flipping it while deferring, so that it gets cooked well on all sides.
  • Take out the slotted spoon shakarpara and put it in a paper napkin, so that the excess oil is removed.
  • Take the rest of the shakarpara and fry by the same method and keep aside.

 How To Make Sugar Syrup

Shakarpara Recipe
  • To make sugar syrup, take about 1 glass of water in another pan, add 1 cup of sugar and cook on medium flame.
  • Stir the mixture well so that the sugar dissolves.
  • Cook the mixture until bubbles start coming from it. Now the syrup will cook and become sticky. If you want, you can also add any color to the syrup.
  • The mixture has to be cooked till the consistency of 2-3 threads.
  • To test, take sugar syrup with a spoon and put it between the index finger and thumb, separate the fingers, 2 to 3 threads will be visible. That is, the consistency of the syrup is correct.
  •  Now your sugar syrup is ready, add all the fried shakarpara to it, and mix well. Wrap the shakarpara well in the syrup.
  • This is all you have to forge because the syrup quickly crystallizes.
  •  Spread the shakarpara in a large plate and let it cool to room temperature.
  • Now your crystallized sugars are ready. Store it in an air tight container and keep it in a dry place, you can use it for 1,2 months.

Suggestions

  • You can also use jaggery instead of sugar in this recipe.
  • The dough should not be too soft or too hard.
  • You should fry the sugar syrup on medium flame only, otherwise the dough inside will remain undercooked and the crispness will be lost.
  • Keep it in an airtight container in a dry place, it will not spoil.

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Shakarpara Recipe (Khurma Recipe)