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Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
Kavya Cherakulam

Mawa Gujiya Recipe

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Gujiya is a North India Sweet Delicacy, Made with Maida flour and filled with delightful Khoya and dry fruits filling.The dumpling is then dipped in the sugar syrup for a sweet coating. Specially made during Holi Festival.It is similar to Karanji made in Maharashtra which has a coconut filling and made specially during Diwali.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 5
Course: Dessert, Mithai, Sweets
Cuisine: North Indian
Calories: 174
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Maida or All Purpose Flour
  • 3/4 Cup Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
  • Pinch of Salt
  • 150 grams Khoya
  • 1/4 Cup Dried Fruits - Cashews & Badam
  • 1/4 Cup Powered Sugar
  • Few strands of saffron
  • 4 tbsp Ghee
  • 3 tbsp Dessicated Coconut

Equipment

  • Frying Pan
  • Deep Bottom Kadhai
  • Mixing Bowl

Method
 

  1. Ingredients image
    Ingredients for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  2. In a mixing bowl add all purpose flour, a pinch of salt and mix it well
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  3. Then add ghee and mix it thoroughly
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  4. The flour should bind together on pressing, if not then add some more ghee and mix thoroughly
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  5. Now add some water and knead a stiff dough, the dough should not be sticky or soft like chapati dough
    Add water in portions
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  6. The dough is ready , Cover it and Rest it for 30 mins
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  7. Take a non stick pan and keeping it on a low flame roast the Khoya by stirring it continuously
    Roast it until the color changes as shown below
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  8. In a pan dry roast desiccated coconut for a while until it gets aromatic and changes the color slightly
    Transfer it to a plate once roasted
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  9. In the same pan add some ghee and roast the dried fruits
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  10. Now lets make the sugar syrup - In a pan add 3/4 cup of sugar and add equal quantity of water
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  11. Mix the sugar well and let it melt completely and let it boil
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  12. Once it starts boiling add saffron strands and some cardamom powder and mix it well and let it boil
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  13. Boil it and let it reach a sticky consistency like honey, We don't need string consistency for this syrup
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  14. Mash the roasted khoya and mix it well to remove the lumps
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  15. Add roasted dry fruits and desiccated coconut in the khoya
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  16. Add powdered sugar to the mixture as per taste and mix it well
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  17. Finally add some cardamom powder
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  18. The Khoya filling is ready
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  19. Now make lemon size equal portions of the dough
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  20. Now roll a ball to form a puri
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  21. Place 2 spoons of filling in one side of the puri
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  22. Apply some water on the edge of the other side
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  23. Close it from one side to another and press it gently from all sides
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  24. Now design the edges by pressing and folding the corners
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  25. One is done, lets make the rest similar way
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  26. Heat enough oil for deep frying
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  27. And fry the Gujiya until golden brown
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  28. Once the Gujiya are fried well, remove them from the hot oil and add them in warm syrup
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  29. Drop the fried Gujiya in warm sugar syrup
    P.S - Don't drop it in hot syrup , the sugar syrup should be warm and not hot otherwise it will become soggy
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes
  30. Delicious & Mouth Watering Gujiya Ready...
    Instruction for Gujiya Recipe from FamousDishes

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Notes

While making guijiya, if you are unable to design its edges you may just press it with a fork too
Make sure the sugar syrup is just warm while dropping the fried Gujiyas in them , If you drop gujiyas in hot sugar syrup then they will turn soggy