Comments on: Sweet/GooD shankarpal

By: sumana

sumana — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:25:56 +0000

its very tasty
i like it very much

By: Shilpa

Shilpa — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:24:35 +0000

Yes

By: abc

abc — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:58:32 +0000

Hi Shilpa
Can we use Crisco Vegetable Shortening instead of Dalda?

By: Aparna

Aparna — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:16:38 +0000

Hi Shilpa,
HAPPY DIWALI.
I made Shankarapal for the first time recently(i didn’t see ur recipe).This recipe was given by a friend.
I took 1 cup ghee,1 cup sugar and 1 cup water.I heated it till the ghee and sugar are melted.Then to that i had added nearly 1 kg of maida(i can be less also) and made a tight ball of dough.My friend had adviced me that the dough should be tight and u need to keep on adding maida till the dough is tight.(this is for the crispness of Shankarpals).
Later, i had kept the dough in a wet cloth.The dough was kept aside for 4 to 5 hrs and then i made Shankarpals.
In ur recipe u had mentioned 30 minutes.Does it make any difference?Pls respond

Shilpa: Usually the dough is kept aside so that all the ingredients come together well and also the maida soaks other ingredients. If you keep it longer, it should not be a problem. But usually, when you let the dough sit for a very long time and then deep fry, it soaks more oil (it is same for puris and other deep fried items also).

By: Nagina

Nagina — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:23:14 +0000

Hi,

Can we bake them in the oven, rather than frying? If yes, for how many minutes do we bake?

Thnx

Rgds

By: Monika

Monika — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:06:46 +0000

I have one doubt , where did u use the sugar syrup?

By: Anjali

Anjali — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:01:12 +0000

Thanks for recipe.
As it’s very good diwali snacks and we can have with tea.

By: Ruchi Gupta

Ruchi Gupta — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:48:10 +0000

Hi Shilpa,
I tried this recipe and came out very well.
My daughter and husband both liked it a lot.
Thanks for sharing such a nice and easy to make recipe..
Regards,
Ruchi

By: Macadamia

Macadamia — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:40:16 +0000

Not only is the dish wonderful, your post also took me back to my childhood days in India ( Especially the cutter part. I love to love playing with it muc to the annoyance of my aunts and mom

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:17:53 +0000

Brings back fond memories; My mom along with my aunts would churn out dabbas full of these sankarpala, as well as other sweets for different ‘parab’.

These are yumm.
you should consider moving to the Boston Area. Surely there are jobs galore here
… and I would get to provide a critical taste test for these sankarpale!

Happy Deepavali to you and yours!