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Maida Biscuits/Shankarpoli


Ingredients
Maida - 4 cups
Milk - 1/3th cup
Sugar - 3/4th cup
Elachi powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - a small pinch
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Oil - for deep frying

Method
1.Mix the three ingredients milk,sugar and ghee in a heavy bottomed pan. Heat until mixture starts boiling. Take out from the flame and let the mixture cool down.

2.Now in a wide plate or bowl take the mixture.

3.Add salt and elachi powder and mix well.

4.Now add Maida little by little,start kneading the dough until the dough is soft and stiff.Do not add the maida completely.

5.Heat oil in a pan.

6.Now roll the dough like chapati(but thicker than chapati).Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters.

Tip:
You can even cut into squares or diamonds with a knife.

7.Fry these pieces(make sure that oil is not too hot) in a medium flame so that the pieces are fully cooked. When they turn golden take out and let shankarpoli cool down. When you take from the pan they will be soft but after cooling down they will be crispy and tasty.

8.Now Maharastrian special 'Shankarpoli' is ready to serve.


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