Skip to content
Back to your kitchen
🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Shakkarpara

🇮🇳 Indian

Sugar-crusted wheat diamonds fried crisp and tossed in syrup that sets into a crackly shell — Maharashtrian shankarpali and North Indian shakkarpara are the same beloved thing. Diwali's crunchiest export.

Prep 20 min Cook 20 min Serves 6 Easy

Ingredients

  • Ghee3 tbsp
  • All-Purpose Flour2 cups
  • Sugar1/2 cup + for dusting
  • Peanut Oilfor deep frying
  • Semolina (Rava)2 tbsp

Optional extras

  • Salt1 pinch

Instructions

  1. 1

    Boil sugar with water, milk and ghee into a light syrup.

  2. 2

    Mix in flour and semolina; knead into a firm sweet dough.

  3. 3

    Roll thick and cut into diamonds.

  4. 4

    Fry on medium till deep gold.

  5. 5

    Toss in extra sugar while hot if you like the crust thicker.

Chef's tip

Fry shakkarpara slowly — they must dry through, or the sugar crust turns chewy instead of crackly.

Cook it with your pantry → Share this page: /dish/30092

Video: बेहतरीन शक्करपारे कैसे बनाए | Shakkarpara Recipe | Shankarpali Recipe | Diwali Snacks Recipe Kabita · on YouTube