GUJIYA
- Preparation Time:15 minutes
- Cooking Time:30 minutes
- Serves:4-8 people
Ingredients
For Filling
1 cup Mawa
2 tbsp Ghee
¾ cup Semolina
½ cup Cashew Nuts chopped
½ cup Almonds, chopped
1 cup powdered Sugar
½ tbsp Cardamom powder
Oil for deep fry
For Dough
2 cup All purpose flour
3 tbsp Ghee
½ tsp Salt
1 tbsp Rose Water
Water as required
METHOD TO PREPARE
Process For Filling
● In a kadai, add mawa and roast on medium flame till light brown in color. ● In the same kadai, add ghee, semolina and roast well. ● Add chopped almonds, cashew nuts and mix well. ● Transfer the roasted mawa into the kadai and toss well. ● Transfer the mixture into the bowl and keep it cool. When it cools down, add powdered sugar and cardamom powder, mix well, and keep aside.
For Dough
● In a mixing bowl, add flour, ghee, salt, rose water, and water as required, and knead it into a stiff dough. ● Cover it with a damp cloth and leave it to rest for half an hour. For Shaping ● Make a ball of the dough and roll it out into a thick round shape, or cut it with a round cutter. ● Wet the edges with water and place a spoonful of filling over one half. ● Fold the other half over and press the edges together to seal. ● Make a design as shown. ● Make all the gujiyas this way. Heat oil in a kadai on medium flame. ● Add as many gujiyas as fit comfortably. ● Turn them over and Fry till golden brown on all sides. Lift out on absorbent paper.