Tinkaras
About Tinkaras
The name sounds interesting! Isn't it ? Coming to the story behind the name of the recipe. It is named by my daughter 🙂 . "Tinkara" is a healthy, scrumptious dessert with a crispy texture outside and soft inside. The rich flavor of honey can be enjoyed in every bite of Tinkara.
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Recipe Time & More
Ingredients
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour (or dough for tinkara dough)
- 2 tbsp Rice Flour
- 1/2 cup Honey
- 1/4 cup Tofu (grated)
- 1 tbsp Milk Powder (or milk soy any milk powder)
- Semolina (rava - 1 tablespoon., or sooji sooji)
- Oil (for deep frying)
- Garnishing (or cashew for cashew nut as required)
- 1 tbsp Clarified Butter (or ghee ghee)
- 1/2 cup Sugar Syrup (or sugar for sugar)
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
- Black Pepper Powder (optional - 1 or 2 pinches.)
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Instructions
- Heat ghee in a pan. Fry the cashewnuts until they turn slightly golden in color. Keep it aside.
- Preparation of Tinkaras - Take a bowl. Mix the above ingredients except oil ( as mentioned in Tinkara dough preparation ) well to form a firm dough.
- Allow it to rest for 10 minutes. In the meanwhile ,heat oil in a pan over a low flame.
- Now take the dough. Make small lemon size balls out of this. Press each ball on your palm with the help of your thumb to get patties shaped Tinkaras.
- Drop them in oil . When one side of the tinkara turns into golden brown then carefully fry the other side also.
- Similarly fry all the coin shaped tinkaras carefully over a low to medium flame.
- Preparation of Sugar Syrup - Heat a heavy bottomed pan. Add sugar and pour water to it. Over a medium flame , boil it for 10 minutes or until one string consistency like gulab jamun syrup is formed.
- Sprinkle one pinch of black pepper powder and 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom powder to it.
- Dunk the Tinkaras in the sugar syrup until they absorb the syrup well.
- Garnish with fried cashews. Drizzle a teaspoon of honey over it ( only if needed) .
- You can either serve these tasty tinkaras chilled or warm.
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Absolutely mouthwatering! Great share.
This looks so inviting! I’m eager to try it.
This looks incredible! Thank you.
This is simply Superb..!!
This is simply Superb..!!
This is simply Superb..!!
I love the name..say thanks to your daughter.