Chhath Puja's special thekua: Perfect gud and ghee recipe for festival

Chhath Prasad is incomplete without Thekua. Here's a Bihari-style jaggery and ghee Thekua recipe.

Wheat Flour - 2 cups

Jaggery - 1 cup (grated)

Ghee - 1 kg

Coconut - grated

Cardamom Powder - ½ tsp

Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp

Water

Heat 1 cup water. Add grated jaggery and dissolve. Cool.

Mix wheat flour with ½ cup ghee. Add coconut, cardamom powder.

Gradually add jaggery syrup to the flour and knead. Let it rest for 5 minutes.

Make small balls of dough and flatten them into round or oval shapes.

Fry thekua in hot ghee until golden brown.