Shakar Parey
Shakar Parey
Shakar Parey or Meetha Para is a favourite Chai-time snack in the Sub-Continent. It is crispy, light and sweet in flavour. This snack is sold usually at the Mithai wala shops or at Nimco stores. These sweet crsipy bites are very moorish and you can easily eat a bowlful. These are very easy to make snacks and can be stored in an air-tight jar for upto 2 weeks. Shakar Parey are my son's favourite snacks and I make them quite often as they are quite easy to make with some basic staples.I am sure you will enjoy making them and also eating them with your hot cup of Chai.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Flour (Maida)
- 1/2 cup Milk (Hot)
- 3/4 cup Sugar Can increase to 1 cup if you want it sweeter
- Pinch Salt
- 1/2 cup Ghee May use Oil. For authentic flavour use Ghee
- Oil As required for Deep Frying
Instructions
- Take a pan and add the Ghee and Milk together and set it on low flame. It just needs to heat, don't boil the mixture
- When the mixture is hot enough, take it off the stove
- Add the sugar in it while its hot and mix well until the sugar has dissolved
- Now leave the mixture to cool down completely
- Add the Flour in a separate bowl, add a pinch of salt to it and mix well
- Once the Ghee, Milk and Sugar mixture has cooled down completely, add it to the Flour in small portions and keep kneading to form a smooth dough
- The dough should not be sticky, it should be medium-firm
- Cover the dough and let it rest for about 20 minutes
- Now make 4 equal portions of the Dough
- Lighly sprinkle some flour on a clean surface and start rolling each dough portion
- Don't worry if the rolled dough has cracked edges
- Don't roll the dough thin like Chapatis or Rotis, it should be slightly thicker
- Now cut the cracked edges and cut your dough into a big square (Don't discard the cracked edges, you can roll it into a ball and repeat the same process)
- Cut the dough in strips and then again to form small square or diamond shapes
- Once the shapes are ready, dust off any excess flour on it
- Heat the Oil in a deep dish, the oil must be hot
- Try dropping a small piece first, if it floats up and puffs, then the oil is of the right temperature
- Fry the dough pieces in small batches until Golden brown
- After frying place them on a Kitchen Towel or Absorbent tissue
- Let The Shakar Parey cool down completely and then store them in a air-tight jar. Can be preserved until 2 weeks in a air-tight jar
- Your crsipy and sweet Shakar Parey is ready, enjoy it with a hot cup of Chai
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