Easy Shankarpali Recipe | Sweet Shakarpara - Shakkar Para
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 1 Box
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp rava / semolina
- 2 cup maida / plain flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup ghee
- water (for kneading)
- oil (for frying)
Method
- Firstly, in a mixer jar take ½ cup sugar and 2 tbsp rava. Grind to a fine powder.
- In a large bowl, take 2 cup maida, ½ tsp salt and powdered sugar. Mix well.
- Heat ¼ cup ghee and heat it well.
- Pour the ghee over the flour and mix well.
- Crumble and mix making sure the flour is moist.
- Now add water slowly and start to knead the dough.
- Just bring the flour together, do not over-knead.
- Cover and rest the dough for 30 minutes.
- Further, roll it slightly thick like paratha.
- Cut in a square shape, size of your choice.
- Deep fry in medium hot oil, or bake at 180 degree celsius for 15-20 minutes.
- Stir occasionally keeping the flame on medium.
- Fry till the sweet shankarpalli / shankarpara turns golden and crisp.
- Finally, drain over the kitchen towel and serve / store Sweet Shankarpalli / Shankarpara in an airtight container once cooled completely.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.