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Koohar (Ranh) > Tikyoon (Lola) |
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Introduction
Like the most of human communities Sindhis also have
tradition of cooking some special food for specific
Sindhi festival. Thadal - the natural and famous Sindhi
cold drink is associated with Mahashivratari and Holi,
where as Tikyoon and Lola is the festival food for the
festival of Thadadi. Koohar & Ranh are distributed as
sesa of Jhulelal, during the festival of Chaliho at the
procession of Bahrano Sahib and in the Guru Nanak
Darbars along with Kanhav Prasad. |
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Ingredients
Wheat flour 1k.g., Maida 1/2 K.g., Sugar 1/2 K.g.,
200gram Oil, 100gms sugar powder and water. |
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Cooking Process
[1] Take about 250 ml of water & soak sugar in it for
about 2 hours.
[2] Mix the wheat flour and maida. Add 200 grams of oil
to it. Mix the ingredients add soaked sugar water to get
hard dough.
[3] Take some quantity of dough and roll it to get about
1c.m. thick layer. Shape it with the readymade shaper.
Many times instead of using shaper ladies give round
shape by practice.
[4] For making Tikyoon take good quantity of oil in the
fry pain and heat it. Drop the layers in the hot oil and
fry till golden appearance.
[5] Took out and garnish with sugar powder. Some people
are also using edible colours with sugar powder.
[6] For making Lola Roast the layers on hot plate
[Tava]. |
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This is one of the simplest recipe. Usually Koohar or
Ranh are cooked to distribute as the prasad along with
either Tanhiree " Jhulelal" or with Kanhan Prasad in the
guru darbars. Some people also cook for mixing with
other vegetables and making Parathas. |
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Cooking Process
[1] Took good quality Kohar or Ranh.
[2] Clean & Soak them in water for about 6 Hours.
[3] Separate this water. Take fresh water in Pressure
cooker [ Water Ranh Ratio is about 1.5 : 1] add Salt to
taste.
[4] Cook for about 15-20 minutes. |
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