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Try This Crispy Makhana Walnut Tikki Recipe For Maha Shashthi Fasts
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News18•17-10-2026, 09:14
Try This Crispy Makhana Walnut Tikki Recipe For Maha Shashthi Fasts
- •Durga Puja fasting does not have to be boring with this creative makhana and walnut cutlet recipe shared by food creators Sumit and Priyanka Kapoor.
- •The tikkis combine crunchy fox nuts, walnuts, grated paneer, and hung curd with fasting-friendly spices like sendha namak and black pepper.
- •Preparation is simple: mix the ingredients, shape them into lemon-sized balls, coat in sabudana and makhana flour, and shallow fry in ghee or air fry until golden and crisp.
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The recipe requires hung curd, grated paneer, sendha namak, grated ginger, finely chopped green chilli, coriander, black pepper, sabudana flour, makhana flour, extra flour for coating, chopped walnuts, and ghee for shallow frying or oil for air-frying.
The recipe was shared by the food content creator duo Sumit and Priyanka Kapoor, who run the Instagram handle @dillifoodies.
After coating the shaped tikkis in sabudana and makhana flour, you can either air-fry them at 200 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes or shallow fry them on medium heat using ghee until they turn golden and crisp from both sides.
