Description
Gujiya is a sweet deep-fried dumpling, filled with a sweet mixture of grated and roasted dried fruits, khoa, grated coconut, and a hint of suji and fried in ghee. They are often made for Holi or Diwali!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 Small Cups of Sesame seeds
- 2 Small Cups of Sugar
- 1 Small Cup of Grated Dry Coconut
- 3.5 Small Cups All Purpose Flour
- 10 Green Cardamom Pods
- 1/4 Teaspoon salt
- Oil for Deep Frying
Instructions
- Mix all-purpose flour and salt in a bowl, and add water little by little to make soft dough like chapati dough. Coat the dough with little oil . Keep it aside for 15 mins.
- Dry roast the sesame seeds on medium low flame, allow them to cool. Coarsely grind the sesame seeds.
- Grind cardamom seeds to make a powder.
- In a bowl add sesame seeds, sugar, grated dry coconut, cardamom powder and mix well.
- Make small balls with the dough and roll them into a thin puris.
- Add around 1.5 teaspoon of sesame seeds mixture in the middle of puri.
- Wet your finger and run it along the edges of the puri with water and fold over to the opposite end, enclosing the stuffing to form a semi-circle (half-moon). Press the ends firmly so that the filling doesn’t come out during the deep-frying process.
- Now cut on the edges with the help of kajjikayala spoon (type of spoon) to make a design or twist the edges around the kajjikaya. Repeat the same with rest of the dough
- Deep fry them on both sides till they become light brown on both sides. These take very little time to fry.
- Tastes delicious and is considered healthy during winter season because of the sesame seeds.
- Enjoy!!