Sikkim, Ladakh and the Himalaya

Khapse

Name: Khapse
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Tibetan
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/3 cup sugar; 3 1/2 tbsp melted butter; 2/3 cup milk; 1/2 tsp baking powder; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying, about this much is absorbed

Twisted, crunchy fried cookies made for Losar. Tibetan new year in a biscuit tin.

60 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

Losar biscuits1 chapter · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayTwisted fried Losar cookies.

The original

231kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

60minutessame

Classic khapse.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2½ cups

Sugar⅓ cup

Butter3½ tbsp, melted

Milk⅔ cup

Baking powder½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about this much is absorbed

Method

4 steps

1Warm milk with sugar and butter until the sugar dissolves. Cool.
2Mix with maida and baking powder into a firm dough. Rest 30 minutes.
3Roll thin, cut strips and shape into twists, ears or knots.
4Fry on medium heat until golden and crisp.

Serve it like this

Pile in a tall stack on a plate with butter tea or masala chai.

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