It's that time of the year again Folks, when Holi ( Festival of Colors ) is round the corner. It's the festival which invites us to come outdoors and soak ourselves with vibrant colors. I remember during my childhood days our group of friends used to come together in the neighbourhood with water sprays, colored water filled balloons and gulals. Once we have finished applying colors amongst ourselves we used to ambush other pedestrians who used to pass our locality. Many times we threw water balloons and if we ran out of it, we used pichkaris( water sprays) to fill the pedestrian with colors. Believe me friends it was great fun. After all the playing has ended, we took a lot of time to get a nice shower and clean up as much as possible. Although some colors remain till days, it reminds us how much fun we had during Holi. Today, I am sharing with you a Holi based sweet called gujiya. It's a lavish sweet with many fillings. Hope you like it.
Ingredients:
(For outer crust)-
2 cups All purpose flour
2 tbsp Ghee
2 tsp Milk
Pinch of salt
Water to knead the dough
(For filling)-
250 gm Mawa/ Khoya/
3/4 cup Desiccated coconut
1 tbsp Semolina
1 cup Sugar, powdered (or you can adjust according to your taste)
8-9 Almonds, blanced and chopped
10 Cashews, chopped
10 Raisins
8-10 Pistacho
1 tbsp Saunf / fennel seeds(roughly grounded)
1 tsp Green cardamom powder
1/2 tsp Nutmeg powder
1 tbsp Ghee
Oil for deep frying
Method:
Rub ghee into the flour and mix well till it looks like breadcrumbs texture, add a pinch of salt, milk and water to make a smooth dough. Now cover this dough with a wet cloth and keep aside for 1/2 hour.
In a kadhai / skillet take 1 tbsp ghee and add semolina and fry for a minute on slow flame. Add desiccated coconut and mawa and stir continuously till it is light brown in color.
This should take just 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and let this cool down for 2 minutes. Now add sugar, all the chopped dry fruits, cardamom powder, saunf, nutmeg powder and thoroughly mix this with your hand.
Divide the dough (which was kept aside) into 22-24 pieces and roll it into 4 inch circle. Place this on a gujiya maker and fill 3 tsp of filling mixture on one side of it. Apply water with a tip of your finger to the edges of the D shape gujiya maker. And now close the gujiya maker and press to seal the edges. Take out the dumpling carefully and place it on a dry plate.
It's better to prepare 4-5 gujiyas at a time and cover it with a moist cloth to avoid the dryness. Simultaneously heat oil in a skillet for deep frying these gujiyas. Slide 2-4 gujiyas into the oil and keep frying on low flame for best results. Keep flipping the gujiyas for even frying, until they are golden on both the sides.
Place these on paper towel and let cool down. Then these should be stored in an air tight container. Follow the same procedure to make rest of the gujiyas.
User's Comments & Tips:
- While kneading the flour for outer crust the dough should be neither too soft nor too tight.
- You can make the inner filling a day in advance.
- The thickness of the dough while you roll into 4 inch circle should not be thin. Then the chances of breaking gujiyas while frying becomes high. And it should not be very thick also.
- For crispy and tasty gujiyas always fry on low flame and keep stirring.
- After filling the mawa stuffing in gujiya maker seal it very tight otherwise while frying the stuffing will come out and ruin the oil in the skillet.
- Keep a moist cloth over the gujiya dumplings that are ready for frying, otherwise the outer the outer crepe will become dry.
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Nice gujiyas! Cute! I love the primary colours near by.
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ReplyDeleteI was talking to mom y'day and she said she needs to make some gujiyas for holi...And here you are with these beauties..looks wonderful and delish!
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looks vibrant and awesome gujiyas.. love the recipe!
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Very nice gujiyas...looks delicious and crisp..
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very new dish and happy holi to u. Came out so well
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aaww...very cute and colorful presentation!!
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yummy n crisp sweet i too made the same one today..
ReplyDeleteloved anthr version of empanada...wth cocnut filling..yum!!
ReplyDeleteMarvellous gujiyas, i'll be happy if u send me some, sooo inviting..
ReplyDeleteI love this coconut-filled gujiyas, so perfect and tempting..This is one of my most fav sweets..Thanks a lot for sharing, Deepa..Really mouth-watering clicks!
ReplyDeleteAwesome gujiya's Deepa, love the step by step so that i can make them.
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Lovely!! We call it somasi. Looks so delicious.
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delicious to snack looks wonderful
ReplyDeletewow !! luved the filling too much..adding fennel seeds is really new to me..looks so inviting !
ReplyDeleteHappy Holi Deepa, hope it was colorful n joyful ! Gujiyas look mouthwatering, love them , nice presentation too
ReplyDeleteDelicious gujiyas.Happy Holi.
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Cute gujiyas. Well explained and presented
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ReplyDeleteHappy Holi. The gujiyas look awesome.
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ReplyDeleteLooks perfect and yummy! Love the filling you've used....
ReplyDeleteHappy holi dear... that is just superb:)
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ReplyDeleteHappy Holi dear....Tempting gujiyas...Looks so wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteThey look absolutely amazing dear, I am going to try my very first gujhiya project tomorrow. I have always eaten them, but never made them myself. Wish me luck. I will surely take some of your tips :)
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ReplyDeleteHappy Holi Deepa.I also add coconut to my gujiyas.They look so perfect.
ReplyDeleteDeepa, first time to your blog and all I can say is WOW!! loved your wonderful step by step explanation of the Gujiya :) You have a new follower to your blog.
ReplyDeleteGujiyas look great. Thank you for sending..
ReplyDeleteThey looks perfect and temtping....YUM!
ReplyDeleteLove that filling....carving for some right now....
ReplyDeletevery perfect we also making this gujiyas (soomas) during ramadan and some other days.
ReplyDeleteSuperbly done Somasi-like Gujiya with a delicious filling.Luv the narrated recipe Dear.
ReplyDeleteHow to save gujiya from not breaking while frying nd frying accurately as usually whn we prearr face this difficulty nd all stuffing blister out while frying.please tell us a good tip fr dis.
ReplyDeleteHow to save gujiya from not breaking while frying nd frying accurately as usually whn we prearr face this difficulty nd all stuffing blister out while frying.please tell us a good tip fr dis.
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