Shakarpara

Shakarpara are fried pieces of sweetended dough. They are crunchy, cumbly and midly sweet. These are usually made in sqaure or diamond shapes. I however have made them in the shape of a crescent moon. They look like mini croissants. Let me show you how I made these for Diwali.

Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour - 135g

1 and 1/2 tsp melted ghee - 14g

1/4 cup caster sugar - 50g

1/4 cup warm milk - 45ml

Pinch of salt

Method

In a bowl rub the melted ghee into the plain flour. Once mixed add in the caster sugar and mix.

Then pour in the warmed milk and knead the mixture until you have a firm dough. Don't add all the milk at once. Once you form the dough leave this to rest for 10 minutes whilst covered.

After your dough has rested. Take portions from the dough and roll these out. I rolled these out to about 4 to 5 inches with 1 mm thickness. Once rolled out cut the dough into sections.

I made 8 cuts across the rolled out dough which gave me 16 individual pieces/isosceles triangles.

Taking one piece at a time, roll the outer edge inwards until you form a croissant shape. Pinch the tip of the dough to stick this to the rolled dough, as they can sometimes unravel whilst frying.

Once you have used up all the dough to make these crescent-shaped shakarpara. It's time to fry them. Fry them on a low heat until golden brown. As the dough contains sugar these brown quick so it's best to fry on a low heat to allow them to brown slowly and cook all the way through.

Once fried allow these to drain and cool on kitchen paper then store in an air tight container. These mildly sweet shakarpara are moreish which have a little crunch and melt in the mouth. The crescent shape also gives them a cute look. Perfect for the festive period during Diwali.

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