Subscribe to RSSSpicy shankarpal(Khara/Theek shankarpal)
This year I had decided to make all the important dishes that can be associated with Diwali. Many of my readers had asked for this recipe and also, once I prepared the sweet version, I had to make the spicy or khara(Kannada) or theek(Konkani) version. These were a favorite of my family.
This shankarpal was a regular at my home when we were kids. We had a special kind of cutter - like in this picture from Vaishali, which was used to cut these. Aayi’s shankarpal were very spicy and all cut in the same shape and size. As a kid, I used to love using this cutter, it was loads of fun. So one of the reasons I love to try these is - they remind me of my blessed childhood.
I have seen some people cut these into long strips instead of these little parallelograms, which is more easier and less time consuming. But I like these small shapes because I feel it is fun. I made these yesterday after returning from my office, I was hoping to do one post a day till Diwali. But by the time I finished this, I felt like I would fall off - 8hrs of work at office + all the work at home does not leave much energy. So I let it go.
This is my spicy entry to Vee’s Diwali special JFI. Till she is fed up of my entries and asks me to stop, I will keep sending her my Diwali entrees, after all I get into this kind of cooking mood very rarely ;).
There are many ways of making this dish. This is aayi’s version.
Ingredients:
1 cup maida or all purpose flour
1 cup wheat flour
2 tea spns rice flour
2 tea spns(approx) chili powder
A pinch asafoetida
2 tea spns hot oil + oil for deep frying
A tea spn slightly crushed cumin seeds(optional) - I didn’t add this
Salt
Adjust chili powder according to your taste.
Method:
Mix flours with chili powder, asafoetida, salt and 2 tea spns hot oil. Add enough water to make a dough. Leave the dough for about 30mins.
Take a big ball of the dough and roll into a thin circle. Cut into small parallelograms. Do not stack the pieces one above other.
Heat oil for deep frying. Deep fry the pieces.
When they are cooled to room temperature, store in air tight container.
Preparation time : 1 and 1/2 hrs
oh wow!!! another Deepavali special.. thats gr8! I love both kinds of shankarpoli, sweet n khara. yours looks really tempting!!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 10:27 pmI love the theek one even more
November 6th, 2007 at 10:49 pmHi Shilpa,
I was still in your website looking at some recipes, n there u post another one which i love :)..Good work with all your recipes..N happy diwali in advance.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:54 pmShilpa..lovely shankarpalis..would try these out as well..re. the cutter, we too had the same copper cutter fixed on a tablespoon for aiding the Karanji making..spoon for using to stuff the filling in equal measure, folding the puri around edges and using the cutter behind it..my place too amma used to speedily use this cutter while rolling it in a straight line for the shankarpalis..i used to try my hand at it while in school and the cutter used to make a wavy line!
Tks for the recipe again..HAPPY DIWALI TO YOU AND YOUR CLOSE ONES!
November 6th, 2007 at 11:35 pmWow Diwali spree indeed. I love these. Adding wheat flour is new to me. So much healthy. Thanks for a slightly different version.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:09 amLove this snack, every one is making these days. Feel like eating them.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:24 amNice snack! Easy and tasty recipe!
November 7th, 2007 at 5:43 amHAPPY DEEPAVALI!!
YaaY!I was going to say in the last post - where are the tiik sankarpale?
I could eat these all day!
I am wondering if we could follow this same recipe and then instead of frying, just ‘roast’ them in the oven.
Heh, that would be a major contribution to konkani health!
We have some busy travels ( :-)) coming up. Perhaps after that.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:13 amand thank you for sharing!
Shilpa: Thats a good idea to bake..but I don’t know if it will work :(. I recently tried baking samosas, the taste was not as good as deep fried :(. Happy journey
Nice variation
November 7th, 2007 at 6:23 amMy mom was hunting for a cutter for shankar pali today! Finally they settled for a pizza cutter
Happy Diwali!
Good and easy recipe…Shall try this out for Diwali..Thanks
November 7th, 2007 at 6:24 amThis is what I love, looks delicious:)
November 7th, 2007 at 7:40 amshankarpali looks very tempting, shilpa! love these kinds of snacks
November 7th, 2007 at 8:33 amhmmm..these shankarpalis reminds me of my chilhood too..I would try to help my mom…but I dunno how much it really helped her….well I surely helped her with eating them though…:)
November 7th, 2007 at 10:43 amI am not ever going to say stop, Shilpa. Cook to your hearts content! With entries like these, I would be a fool to ask you to stop.
Keep them coming. Happy Diwali!
November 7th, 2007 at 6:59 pmOr send this one…. Or both… gosh you are full of Food as Gift ideas. It s a total fit for my Spoonful of Christmas event.
November 8th, 2007 at 1:13 pmhey shilpa,
November 9th, 2007 at 1:10 pmtoday i tried your shankarpal/tukdi and chiroti. Both came out really good. thanks for the recipe.
hey itried this yesterday but it has absorbed oil wt is the reason. i had pput it on tissue but still
March 24th, 2008 at 5:50 amHi,
I love your recipes and all the hard work you put into them. I was just wondering if you would please also include the name of brands found in America that you use for your ingredients. For example, I would love to make the shankarpalis but I don’t know what wheat flour to use (e.g. Golden Temple, Swad, Nirav?). It will really help a lot if you could tell what YOU used so I can follow that lead. Thanks a lot.
Shilpa: Suchitra, I always use Pillsbury wheat flour. It may not be possible for me to write the brand every time as it is way too time consuming, but if you have any doubts, leave a comment and I will respond. Thanks
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:12 amI am going to attempt making tikhat shanakrpale this Diwali so your recipe is really useful. Have you ever tried them with self-raising flour? I have a big bag so not sure if I should risk - the worry being if they would soak too much oil. Any thoughts?
Thanks, Anita
Shilpa: No, I haven’t used self rising flour anita. I think it may make them soft instead of crispy.
October 21st, 2008 at 3:29 pmHi Shilpa,
I just finished making this and it came out really well. It is crisp, but not as crispy as chakli/murukku… Is that how it is supposed to be? Or did I go wrong somewhere?
Thanks a lot for this recipe!
Shilpa: N, it should be crispy like chakli.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:56 pmHi shilpa,
Can we bake this to avoid oil.
Shilpa: You can. But it won’t be as good as the deep fried version.
November 21st, 2008 at 2:18 pm