Indian Cookies : Thekua/Khajoor Recipe

Known as Khajoor or Thekua, deep fried aromatic cookie or fried biscuit in short
A traditional recipe in Bihar made with wheat flour and jaggery
In my colony, our neighbour who were from Bihar, nanaji n naniji 
very loving persons...naniji was an expert cook

Thekua is one of the recipe Naniji used to prepare
Everyday morning before going to school she used to give me two Thekua biscuits and i used to enjoy that yummy crunchy biscuits bites on the way to my school...

Till date its my favourite biscuit
I don't take or buy biscuit available in market
Instead i like to have this one...

Its easy to make, tasty, healthy and flavourful-if done perfectly
You can store it in airtight container more than a week
You can try baking this cookies instead of deep frying - for a healthier option 

If you are getting late to office and you have no time for breakfast

then u can have 2/3 biscuits coz it's rich in dry fruits, coconut milk, jaggery and wheat flour - a powerpack recipe :)

Now I got one more fan for this biscuit...my father-in-law :)
I never imagined that this cookie would garner such interest from him ! 
He loves it to the core. :)

You also try and I am sure you will also love it :)

Ingredients:

500 g Whole Wheat Flour (Atta) 
1 cup Rava
1 cup desiccated Coconut 
4 green Cardamom (peeled and mashed) 
1 & 1/2 tbsp saunf powder
300 g Jaggery/powdered sugar
1 & 1/2 cups milk
Ghee  
Crushed Dry fruits(Cashew nuts, almonds, raisins )
Saancha

Method: 

1. Make a watery solution of milk, green cardamom, and jaggery.
2. Now, mix wheat flour,rava and ghee thoroughly
3. Add desiccated coconut, fennel seeds, cardamom powder and dry fruits. Mix well
4. Sprinkle jaggery solution to the mixture, little amount at a time and keep mixing.
5. Knead to get a hard dough(the dough should crumble if rubbed between fingers)
6. Now, take a lump of dough, press it flat on your palm, and If you have Sancha(embroidered wooden surface or mould)press it against a sancha  for making a shape
7. After the shape has been acquired from the sancha, deep fry in ghee or oil on a low flame,till golden brown.
8. Strain the ghee/oil on a paper towel
9. Allow it to cool

Arrange in an air tightened box and enjoy for snacks with a cup of tea or coffee