recipe for indian dessert- gujia

A recipe for indian dessert is described here. gujia is a special Indian dessert, sweet dish or mithai, which is made on the occasion of holi. The festival of holi is incomplete without gujias.learn how to make indian dessert at home on the special occasions

Ingredients:

For dough of gujia

Maida- 1kg
Milk- ¼ cup
Oil(ghee)- 150-200 gms for preparing dough
Oil- for frying gujia

For filling gujia

Khoya -1/2 kg
Sugar – 350-400 gram (according to taste)
Suji-100 gram (1 cup)
Dry fruits (cashew nuts, almonds, raisins)
Coconut grated-1 cup
Cardamom- 8 to 10 powdered

Procedure:

 

Prepare the dough of gujia by mixing of all the above listed ingredients.
Using fingers, mix well so that the mixture binds well.
Add water as required and knead the mixture into soft and tight dough.

Set aside the dough.
For the filling mash khoya and fry it in pan till it is light brown in color.
Then add roasted suji, powdered sugar and mix it well.
Lastly add all the dry fruits and grated coconut and cardamom powder.

Divide the dough into small balls and roll each ball into a small round.

Spread this round on gujia moulds.

Fill half the round with the filling approximately 1 tbsp. be careful that mixture does not come out.
Moisten the edges of the round with milk.

Fold one side of mould over the other and remove the excess edges and reuse the dough.
Likewise prepare all the gujias.

When all gujias are done deep-fry the gujias in ghee or any oil.

When gujias are of golden brown color drain them.

Indian dessert or sweet dish is ready to be served.

Tips:

You can use khoya alone also for the fillings if you don’t want to use suji.