Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cooking Time: 35 Minutes
Total Time: 45 Minutes
Ingredients:
1) 1/4 cup water
2) 1/4 cup sugar
3) 3 tbsp. ghee
4) ½ tsp cardamom powder
5) 2 and ½ cup Maida
6) Oil for deep frying
7) Pinch of salt
Method:In a bowl, mix ghee, water and sugar together.
Stir it till the sugar gets dissolved.
Once the sugar has dissolved, add Maida, cardamom powder and salt and knead into soft dough. Cover it with a soft cloth and keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
Now divide dough into equal balls. Using rolling pin roll the dough. It should be thick.
Using a knife, cut it into diamond shape.
Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry all diamond shape cut outs of the dough.
Once it turns golden brown, remove from oil and keep aside on a tissue paper.
Let the tissue paper absorb the extra oil from it.
Once they cool down, store them in an airtight container.
How to make Shankarpali Step by Step with images:
1) In a bowl, mix ghee, water and sugar together.
2) Stir it till the sugar gets dissolved.
3) Once the sugar has dissolved, add Maida, cardamom powder and salt and knead into soft dough. Cover it with a soft cloth and keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
4) Now divide dough into equal balls. Using rolling pin roll the dough. It should be thick. Using a knife, cut it into diamond shape.
5) Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry all diamond shape cut outs of the dough.
6) Once it turns golden brown, remove from oil and keep aside on a tissue paper. Let the tissue paper absorb the extra oil from it. Once they cool down, store them in an airtight container.