Olya Naralachi Karanji (fresh coconut sweet) - Gujiya

Name: Olya Naralachi Karanji (fresh coconut sweet) - Gujiya
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 cup maida; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon oil; 1/4 cup milk or water; 1 teaspoon ghee; 1 cup fresh grated coconut; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup milk; 1 teaspoon cardamom powder; 1 tablespoon nuts of your choice (optional); as needed Oil

Kavita Ns @food_ish

Mumbai

#karanji #gujiya #coconut #festive #fruit
Karanji is very similar to Gujiya that is prepared in north India. But these traditional karanjis are prepared with fresh coconut stuffing during the shravan month.
I offered these sweet karanjis to lord Ganpati today on the occasion of Sankashti Chaturthi

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Ingredients

30 minutes

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1.5 cupmaida
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1 tablespoonoil
1/4 cupmilk or water
Stuffing
1 teaspoonghee
1 cupfresh grated coconut
Coconut Burfi /Nariyal Vadi
1/4 cupsugar
1/4 cupmilk
1 teaspooncardamom powder
1 tablespoonnuts of your choice (optional)
as neededOil

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Steps

30 minutes

1

In a bowl, take maida, add salt and mix together well.
Add milk little at a time and knead tight dough
2

In a pan, heat ghee. Add grated coconut, milk and sugar and mix together till sugar dissolves. Add cardamom powder and nuts and let it cool down in a plate.

Ukadiche modak (steamed modak)
3

Knead the dough again for a minute to make smooth and make small balls.

Rawa Modak
4

Roll out one ball at a time into a thin puri.
Place one spoon of the stuffing in the centre and close the ends to form a D shape.
Use a fork or pinch the ends using fingers to close the ends tight.
Repeat the same process with the remaining dough and stuffing.

Suji Cake - Baath Cake
5

Heat oil in a pan. Deep fry the karanjis on medium flame.

Linked Recipes

Coconut Burfi /Nariyal Vadi

Ukadiche modak (steamed modak)

Rawa Modak

Suji Cake - Baath Cake

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Kavita Ns @food_ish

on August 25, 2021 13:33

Mumbai

Connect with me on my insta handle : https://www.instagram.com/food_ishkitchen/I am a home chef, a SAHM, mother of two cuties. I love cooking, baking, food photography, experimenting new recipes and keeping hold of traditional recipes that I relished as a kid from my grandmother and mother's kitchen.