Wheat, jaggery, and ghee. The same three ingredients Mithila’s homemakers have used for generations. Nothing added. Nothing changed.
For generations, homemakers in Mithila made Thekua the way they made everything, by hand, from wheat, gur, and ghee, without measuring, without shortcuts. Not for festivals. For every afternoon. We haven’t changed a thing.
Whether it’s your 4 PM chai break, an after-school treat, or something to put in front of guests, Thekua belongs there. It always did.
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That quiet moment between work and evening, when the day slows down just enough to breathe. A warm cup of chai and something sweet that doesn’t sit heavy, that’s the whole brief.
Thekua is that companion. Not too rich, not too plain. Dunks perfectly, holds its shape, leaves no guilt. Atta, gur, ghee. Made the way it’s always been made.
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Made with whole wheat, jaggery, and ghee, ingredients you already trust. No label-reading required.
Thekua is what you reach for when you want to give kids something nourishing that actually tastes good. Not a compromise dressed up as a snack. The real thing, made by hand, the same way homemakers in Mithila have always made it.
No preservatives. No shortcuts. Just a treat that earns its place in the lunchbox
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When you put Thekua in front of a guest, you’re not putting a packaged snack on the table. You’re putting Mithila on the table.
Handmade by homemakers from Mithila, from a recipe that was never written down, it carries that. Guests feel it before they’re told anything about it. And they always ask where you got it.
Now you can just smile.
Atta, jaggery, and ghee. Exactly three ingredients. Nothing added, nothing removed.
Stone-ground whole wheat flour gives Thekua its firm texture and natural, roasted aroma. No refining, no stripping.
Natural sweetness that carries iron and minerals, richer in flavour than white sugar, and better for you too.
Pure desi ghee gives Thekua its aroma, its richness, and that deep golden colour. Made the way it's always been made, not cut with vanaspati or blended fats.
No preservatives, no artificial colours, no additives. What you see on the ingredient list is everything that's in it.
Biscuits have a list of ingredients you can’t pronounce. Thekua has three: atta, gur, and ghee. No refined sugar. No preservatives. No additives. Just the same wholesome sweet that homemakers have been making for afternoon chai for generations. Your body knows the difference.
In Mithila, the moulds used to press Thekua are carved from sanjehi clay, hand-carved, passed from one maker to the next. Wheat, jaggery, and ghee go in. What comes out carries the shape of hands that have been doing this for generations.
Sanjhi Mould Pressed
Hand-carved clay moulds
Festival Tradition
EVERYDAY SNACK / From afternoon chai to family gatherings
Chhath Prasad
THREE INGREDIENTS / Wheat · Jaggery · Ghee nothing else
Handcrafted by Women
Mithila Homemakers
“A tradition born in Mithila, carried forward by women who remember.“
