Fried sweet bread/ Meethi tikiyaan

  Fried sweet bread/ Meethi tikiyaan   

Every year I eagerly wait for 22 rajab to enjoy this delicious meethi Tikiyaan. It  is popularly  known  as  koondey  ki nazr (offering or  to make spiritual vow.)  . It has  been  dedicated to the memory of our Imam Jafar- e- Sadiq a.s.

It is believed  that this  Nazr (offering or  to make spiritual vow.) brings prosperity and remove hardships  in  the family .This custom is a social get together, as people go to each other house to eat this Nazr which brings  them together. 
Here is the recipe  of Meethi tikiyaan  for you from my mother's  kitchen .

Category- sweet Dish
Time-1 hour

 Ingredients- 

• Maida flour- 1-1/2 k.g 

• Sugar(powder) - 600 g.m

• Ghee or refind-oil- 250 g.m (to mix in maida flour)

• Full cream milk- 250 g.m, (1 glass)

• Coconut powder - 100 g.m

• Lal illyachi / hari illyachi powder(1 table spoon 

• Suji- 250 g.m

• kewada water -1 tea spoon

• White Sesame seeds( Safed Til)-100 g.m(roasted)(Optional)

• Cooking oil to fry 

How to do 

Mix well coconut powder, sugar powder, crushed badi illayachi ,refind oil (250 g.m) , safed  til (sea same seeds) keweda water, milk  in maida flour and make a dough. keep it aside for 1/2 hour.

Fry these tikiyaan/ poori on the medium flame till it turn  golden brown. Delicious Meethi tikiyaan / poori  is ready.

Heat the cooking oil/ ghee in the deep pan .Take a big loaf of dough , make a big size of roti ( bread) and  cut  into small size of tikiyaan  from the glass  edge. keep it in the oil applied plate as it will not stick in the plate.

you can preserve it in the fridge  for a week or so... enjoy it any time.... its soooooooooooo delicious. 

Happy Cooking !!!
Arshia Zaidi 

                                                                                                      Fried sweet bread/ Meethi tikiyaan