Shakkarpare is a melt-in-the-mouth sweet, made especially on festivals in India.
On the occasion of Diwali, people in northern parts of the country enjoy making
shakkar pare, an easy to make recipe, which doesn’t require too many
ingredients. Moreover, you can relish on the sweet for many days, because it has
a long shelf life. Although making shakkarpare doesn’t take much time, you need
to know the consistency of the sugar syrup and the proper method to knead the
dough for the recipe. With the instructions given below, you will know how to
make delicious shakkar pare.
Shakkar Pare Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup whole wheat flour
11/2 cup maida (plain flour)
1/3 cup sugar
Water
1 tsp Saunf
1/3 cup ghee
Ghee to deep fry
Method
* Mix all the ingredients except sugar. Blend well. Add little amount of water,
while mixing the ingredients, and then knead it into a soft dough.
* Divide the dough into equal parts and roll out into thick chappatis, without
using any dry flour.
* Cut the rolled out chappatis with a cookie cutter or knife, into small diamond
shapes.
* Lift the cut chapattis with spatula and keep them aside on a dry cloth, for
about one hour.
* In the meantime, make a sugar syrup by heating the sugar with water over
medium flame. Do not caramelize the sugar. Once the syrup becomes thick, remove
it from the flame and set it aside.
* Deep fry the cut chapattis in hot ghee, over slow flame, until light golden
brown.
* Drain the ghee well and then dip the fried treat into the already prepared
sugar syrup.
* After you have prepared the shakkarpare, set them aside to cool and then store
them in an air tight container.
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