Indian · dessert
Gujiya A traditional North Indian festive dessert of crisp, flaky half-moon pastries filled with a sweet, aromatic mixture of mawa, nuts, coconut, and cardamom.
total 1 hr 15 min
prep 30 min
cook 45 min
servings 16 Original recipe on indianhealthyrecipes.com
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Back to 16 servings 2 cup all-purpose flour ), 250 grams, / maida (unbleached or organic, or use 50/50 atta & maida 0.125 tsp ⅛ teaspoon (sea salt or table salt), sea salt or table salt 0.25 cup ghee, 60 ml 0.333 cup water ), 80 ml, (+ 1 to 2 tbsps more as required 200 g unsweetened mawa/khoya ), (milk solids, crumbled with hand 1.5 tbsp ghee ), 23 ml, (divided ½+1 0.25 cup chopped nuts ), 40 grams, (8 almonds, 8 cashews, 10 pistas, opional - 1 tbsp chironji 1.5 tbsp sooji/ fine semolina ), 18 grams, (or use 2 tbsps more chopped nuts 0.25 cup unsweetened shredded coconut ), 25 grams, (dried coconut, optional 0.333 cup organic sugar ), (adjust to taste 0.5 tsp ground green cardamom ), (or ½ teaspoon seeds from 10 green cardamoms 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg/ jaiphal ), + 1 strand of mace (optional
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1 Step 1: Heat a medium pan with ½ tbsp ghee and fry mawa for 8 to 10 mins. Transfer to a plate to cool down.2 Step 2: Add the remaining ghee and fry the nuts until light golden, for 1 to 2 mins. Stir in the rava and coconut. Fry on a low to medium heat until rava is light golden and crisp. (Takes about 4 mins). Turn off and cool down completely.3 Step 3: Meanwhile add sugar, cardamom seeds, mace and nutmeg to a small grinder and grind to a super fine powder.4 Step 4: Mix together cooled mawa, rava, coconut, and fried nuts. Stir in the powdered sugar, starting with lower amount and adjust to taste.5 Step 5: Mix together flour, salt and ghee with your fingers, until well incorporated & looks like bread crumbs.6 Step 6: Pour water little by little to form a non-sticky and slightly stiff dough. It should not be too dry as well. Cover and rest for 15 to 20 mins.7 Step 7: When you are ready to shape the gujiya, knead the dough for 3 mins until elastic and pliable.8 Step 8: Divide into 15 portions. Knead for a min & roll to smooth balls in between your palms. Keep them covered in the bowl with a cloth or plate.9 Step 9: Place a dough ball on a rolling board and roll to a little larger than 4 inch even roti. Using a 4 inch cookie cutter or a steel lid cut to a puri. Remove the excess dough around and keep it covered to reuse later, at the end.10 Step 10: Transfer a puri to a parchment placed over a plate/tray. Make all the puris and stack them.11 Step 11: Spoon 2 to 3 teaspoons gujiya filling to the center of the puri. Dip your finger in water and smear across the edges.12 Step 12: Shape/fold it to a half moon/ semi-circle. Press down the edges to secure the filling. Place on a board and make design with a fork or a pastry cutter wheel or make small folds from one end to the other. Alternately you may use a greased gujiya mold to shape.13 Step 13: Transfer to a deep tray and keep the gujiyas covered with a cloth or a tray. This way shape all the gujiyas. Use up the remaing cut out dough and roll to a gujiya.14 Step 14: Heat oil in a deep pan/ kadai until slightly hot (medium hot). A small piece of dough added to the oil should sink down and create only a few small bubbles in the oil. (It should not be sizzling hot)15 Step 15: Gently slide as many gujiyas (one by one) as your pan fits (I fry 4 to 5) and let them fry for 12 mins on a low heat. Do not disturb/ touch them. When they are firm (at 10 to 12 mins mark), regulate the heat to medium and turn them to the other side with a spider.16 Step 16: Fry until golden and crisp. It takes me another 8 mins (total 16 to 20 mins, timing may vary). Remove to a cooling rack. Let the oil temperature come down before you fry the next batch of gujiya.17 Step 17: Preheat the air fryer to 360 F - 180 C for 5 mins. Place the gujiyas in the air fryer basket and air fry for 7 mins.18 Step 18: Turn them to the other side with a tong and air fry for 5 more mins.19 Step 19: Brush them with ghee or oil. Let cool down and brush sugar syrup if you want. Garnish with sliced nuts, crushed dried rose petals or varq.getsaucepan.com/r/73615705-1365-4869-9070-b0970f1bdcad · Original: https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/gujiya/
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