The festival of colors has brought
it's share of happiness.
I'm Abhilasha and welcome to
the Holi Special episode.
Let's make this festive time even more
special with a traditional recipe.
That is 'Gujiya'.
I have taken 1 cup maida (all purpose flour).
You can take half cup maida and
half cup wheat flour too.
Now, we add unsalted butter to this.
You can use ghee (clarified butter) too.
Let's mix this.
Mix it until it looks like breadcrumbs.
Let's add some water and knead it
into a firm dough.
The dough is ready, keep it aside
for 1/2 an hour.
Let's prepare the filling while the
dough is kept aside.
For the filling, we first take
butter in a pan.
Here, I use salted butter.
To that we add 200gm mava or khoya.
I have grated the mava.
We have to roast this till it becomes
pinkish in color.
Roast the mava for 5-10 minutes
until it leaves an aroma.
The mava is roasted, let's remove
it in a plate.
Let it cool down for 8-10 minutes and
then we'll add dry fruits and sugar.
The mava has cooled down,
let's add powdered sugar.
And some nuts.
I have used almonds and pistachios. You can
use the nuts of your choice.
Then we add desiccated coconut.
Usually we add coconut to Karanji,
but I'm adding it to the Gujiya.
Mix all these ingredients well.
The mixture is ready.
And the dough is ready too.
Let's make puris out of this.
I've rolled out some puris. While we fill
these let's heat the oil.
Apply some water to it's sides.
Add 1 tsp of filling.
Don't over fill it, or it will crack
open in the oil.
Pull this and push it back again.
Similarly, make all the gujiyas.
The gujiyas are ready, let's test the oil.
The oil is perfectly hot, if the oil is over heated
the gujiyas will not have a smooth texture.
..and if it's cold, the gujiya will
remain uncooked.
Let's fry the gujiyas.
The gujiyas have turned golden brown,
let's drain them on a kitchen towel.
I've fried the gujiya in oil,
you can fry it in ghee too.
Remember to keep the flame low.
This holi make these crispy and yummy
Gujiyas, and tell us if you liked our recipe.
Wishing you a very Happy Holi,
from the entire team of Swaad Anusaar.
