Gujhiya/ karanji

Gujhiya or karanji is a special sweet made often during Holi time, which is also spring starting.
Its a sweet pastry filled with khoya/ mawa and dry fruits along with sugar and coconut.

So as holi is around sharing a basic and simple recipe for gujiya

For the outer dough

• 1 cup Maida
• 1 cup Sooji (Semolina)
• 1 tablespoon oil/  Ghee (moyan)
• A pinch of Salt

 Filling 

• 1 cup  Khoya/Mawa or you can take 100 gms of pedha
• 1/4  cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup Desiccated Coconut
• 2 teaspoonCardamom powder/ ialichi powder
• 1 teaspoon Saffron strands dissolved in water
• 10 pcs                 Charoli
• Raisins/ kishmish 2 spoons
• Almonds
• Pistachios
• Cashew pieces we will cut all dry fruits in small pieces

 

Method

First kneed the soft dough and keep it aside for almost 2 hoirs.

We will keep it aside as this will help soji/ semolina to get marinated properly and will increase in size.

cover the dough with damp cloth and keep aside.

In a kadhai dry roast all dry fruits  kishmish, almonds, pista, cashew, charoli and coconut.

Now add khoya/ pedha to it and mix properly.

Add sugar after its cooled and add saffron and cardamom powder to it.