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Holi Special: A classic gujia recipe with a twist

You can easily make delicious gujias at home

SNS | New Delhi | March 19, 2019 3:56 pm

Holi Special: A classic gujia recipe with a twist

Holi is incomplete without its staple food. And gujia, the deep-fried sweet dumplings filled with khoya and dry fruits, always top of list of Holi special delicacies. You can find gujias at sweet shops but it’s always better to make it at home. Gujia recipe is simple, you can easily make them at home.

Here is a classic gujia recipe for you, albeit with a twist.

Serves: 2-3

Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:

For the gujia cover

Maida (All purpose flour): 300 gm

Oil / Ghee (melted): 100 gm

For the filling:

Khoya: 150 gm

Cardamom powder: ½ gm

Chopped almond: 20 gm

Raisins (Kishmish): 10 gm

Dried coconut (shredded): 50 gm

Sugar: 100 gm

For chocolate dip

White chocolate: 100 gm

semi-sweet chocolate: 100 gm

Method:

Sieve the flour. Mix the six tablespoons of oil with the maida. Using fingers mix well so that the mixture takes the form of breadcrumbs and binds to a certain extent. Now add some water and knead lightly. Keep adding water as required and knead into soft but tight dough. Set aside and cover with a damp cloth. Mash the khoya and fry it in a kadhai / deep pan till light brown in color. Add sugar and cardamom powder into the khoya and mix well. Add almonds, Cashews, coconut and raisins. Fry for 2 minutes and remove from the heat. Allow it to cool. Divide the dough into small balls and roll each ball into a small round of 4″ diameter. Fill half the round with the khoya mixture, fold it and seal the round, twisting the edges inwards. Take care that the filling does not ooze out. Bake in oven for 15-20 min until golden brown color come up. Take it out from oven and dip it in sugar syrup for the coating. Sugar syrup should be properly coated.

For chocolate dip

Melt the white chocolate in the top of a double boiler over hot water. (Do not overheat as chocolate will harden). Remove from heat.

Note: You can add other fruit flavor with chocolate

Assemble

Dip half gujjiya in chocolate (white or dark) as per your flavor and keep it in refrigerator to cool.

(Recipe courtesy: The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa, New Delhi)

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