Gujiya Recipe

Ingredients:

• 500 gms all-purpose flour
• 6-7 tbsps of ghee (do not melt the ghee)
• Water
• 1 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
• 1/2 cup cashew nuts chopped fine
• 1/2 cup small raisins chopped fine
• 1/2 cup almonds cut into very thin slivers
• 1/2 kg sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• Vegetable/sunflower/canola oil or ghee for deep frying

Preparation:

• In a flat dish, mix the flour and ghee to form a crumbly mix that just about holds together.
• Add water a little at a time and knead to form a firm dough. When done, cover the dough with a damp tea towel or muslin and keep it aside.
• Roast the coconut on a very low flame till it is a pale reddish color. Keep aside.
• Mix the sugar and water in a pan and cook till the sugar is fully melted. Now allow to thicken a little.
• Add the coconut, raisins, cashews, almonds and cardamom powder and mix well. Remove from fire and keep aside to cool.
• Divide the prepared dough into equal sized-portions and make them into balls.
• Roll these balls out into circles about 4-5" wide.
• Put a heaped tablespoon of filling in the centre of each circle and fold over into a semi-circle. Pleat the edges to seal and keep aside. Repeat the filling process for all the circles.
• Once all your dough and filling is used up, heat oil on a medium flame and deep fry the gujias.
• Drain them on paper towels and store in an air-tight container.