Sweet Shankarpali

Shankarpali is the quiet worker of the faral tin. Maida kneaded with sugar and a ghee mohan, rolled, cut into little diamonds and fried till they turn pale gold and flaky. No filling, no drama, just dough treated with patience.

It is the piece children take by the fistful and elders take with tea, the one that finishes first and gets refilled without anyone asking.