Happy Holi with Gujiyas

Rasila Gujiyas

On the colorful of Holi today..its absolutely apt to upload my gujiya recipe. Gujiyas are a lip smacking sweet dish prepared using maida and Khoya, especially popular in North India. It is a kind of customary to prepare Gujiyas which is a sort of “fudge filled fried pastries” on holi.

Ingredients:

·         Maida (flour): 500 gms

·         Khoya: 1 Kg

·          Suji (Semolina): 200 gms

·          Grated fresh coconut: 300 gms

·          Kishmish (raisins): 3 tsp

·          Almonds (cut into thin strips): 200 gms

·          Pistachio (cut into thin strips): 100 gms

·          Milk maid: 400ml (1 can)

·          Cooking Oil: ½ L

·          Water: 200 ml

·         Sugar: 500 gms

Method:

Inside filling mixture:

• You can take 2 L of milk and allow it to reduce down to 1L by evaporating the water & by constant stirring. Reduce down till you get Khoya (reddish brown color). Fry till it becomes dry. Or take ready made 1 Kg Khoya and keep frying it till it turns brown in color.
• Add milkmaid to the Khoya and stir it till both are properly blended.
• Fry the semolina in dry heated pan till it turns golden brown in color.
• Fry the grated coconut in another dry heated pan till it turns golden brown in color.
• Add semolina and coconut to the above prepared mixture.
• Add sugar, almonds and Kishmish, pistachio into the mixture and mix well.
• Remove from the fire and let it cool.

Making the dough:

• Mix the six tablespoons of oil with the maida. You can add some more oil, as the “moin” should be good to make the out layer crispy.
• Now add some water as required and knead into soft dough.
• Set aside and cover with a damp cloth.

Making of Gujiyas:

• Roll out the kneaded dough into a small and thick chapatti.
• Fill half the chapatti with the Khoya mixture and seal the round, twisting the edges inwards. You can use it with Gujiyas moulds also.
• Deep-fry these Gujiyas to a deep golden brown color on slow flame.
• Take them out with a sieve type ladle and drain the oil completely. These are dry Gujiyas.
• In case, you want to make wet Gujiyas, dip the hot fried Gujiyas into sugar syrup (take ½ L water, boil it and add 200 Gms sugar to it, allow it to boil. This is of medium consistency.
• Makes about 40 Gujiyas.