Chhath Puja Prasad Recipe: This recipe makes it very easy to make crunchy and delicious ‘Thekua’ at home for Chhath Puja. With its traditional taste and crunchiness, this prasad is sure to be a hit with everyone.
How to make Crispy Thekua: Chhath Puja is a very sacred and special festival celebrated in Bihar and Eastern India, where Prasad has a very special significance. Among the different types of offerings, Thekua is considered to be the most special offering of this festival. Everyone likes its taste, aroma and crispness. If you also want to make perfect thekua at home, then just follow this easy recipe to make crunchy and delicious thekua.
Ingredients for making Thekua of Chhath Puja
What you need to make thekua – wheat flour, jaggery (or sugar), ghee, fennel seeds, cardamom powder, and a little grated coconut. Dissolve jaggery in water and filter it so that no impurities remain in it. This enhances the taste even more.
How to make Thekua for Chhath Puja
First of all, take wheat flour in a large mixing bowl and add ghee to it, mix it well until it is completely mixed. Now, add fennel, cardamom powder and grated coconut to this mixture. After this, knead the ingredients while slowly adding jaggery water to form a stiff dough. Keep in mind that the dough should not be too soft. It is very important for the dough to be firm to make thekua crispy.
Thekua design of chhath puja
Now, divide the dough into small balls (portions) and press them with hands or using a mold to make decorative designs. A traditional thekua often has special patterns made on it, which makes it look very beautiful.
correct way to fry
Heat ghee or oil in a deep pan and fry thekua on low flame. Avoid turning them frequently, instead, let them fry slowly until they turn golden brown. Due to this, thekua gets completely cooked from inside and becomes crunchy from outside.
special tips
Always fry thekua on low flame; Due to this, both their color and taste become very good. The use of jaggery gives a unique sweetness and aroma to ‘Thekua’, which is exactly what makes them so special.