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Recipe of Thekuwa

Thekuwa is a special ceremonial and cultural dish of Maithili communities in southern plains of Nepal and prepared as a revered offering to God during the Chhat festival.
By Republica

Thekuwa is a special ceremonial and cultural dish of Maithili communities in southern plains of Nepal and prepared as a revered offering to God during the Chhat festival.


 


Ingredients:


 


Wheat flour - 2 cups


Crude sugar - 1⁄2 cup


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Nuts (cardamom, raisins, coconut) - 1⁄4 cup


Banana to make hard dough - 4 pcs


Ghee to make dough and to fry - 1 cup


Milk - 2 tbsp


 


Preparation Method:


 


Sieve flour and mix flour with ghee and sugar.


Add banana and mash well to the dough using hands.


Add nuts and mix well.


Mix milk if the dough is too hard.


Leave for some time for melting of the sugar and to improve.


Make small ball and shape it in a cookie making mold of any shape and size.


Heat oil in a pan, simmer and deep fry it turning two sides until brown.


Remove Thekuwa and let it cool to turn into crispy cookies.


 

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