Tinkaras
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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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Ingredients
- For Tinkara Dough - Whole Wheat Flour - 1 cup
- Rice Flour - 2 tablespoon
- Honey - 1/2 cup
- Grated tofu-1/4 cup
- Soy Milk powder / any milk powder - 1 tablespoon
- Semolina / Sooji Rava - 1 tablespoon.
- Oil for deep frying.
- For Garnishing : Cashew nut - As required
- Ghee / Clarified Butter - 1 tablespoon.
- For Sugar Syrup : Sugar - 1/2 cup
- Water - 1/2 cup
- Cardamom powder-1/4 teaspoon
- 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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This is simply Superb..!!
This is simply Superb..!!
This is simply Superb..!!
I love the name..say thanks to your daughter.