Mawa Gujia

Name: Mawa Gujia
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup crumbled mawa (khoya); 1 cup plain flour (maida); 1 tbsp melted ghee; 2 tbsp raisins (kismis); 2 tbsp almond (badam) slivers; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder; a few saffron (kesar) strands; ghee for deep-frying

Mamta Agrawal @cook_9214619

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Mamta Agrawal @cook_9214619

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Ingredients

1 cupcrumbled mawa (khoya)
1 cupplain flour (maida)
1 tbspmelted ghee
2 tbspraisins (kismis)
2 tbspalmond (badam) slivers
2 tbspsugar
1 tspcardamom (elaichi) powder
a fewsaffron (kesar) strands
ghee for deep-frying

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Steps

1

Combine plain flour, ghee in a deep bowl, mix well and knead into a firm dough using enough water.
2

Cover the dough with a lid and keep aside for 10 minutes.
3

Combine the mawa, raisins, almonds, pistachios, sugar, cardamom powder and saffron in a deep bowl and mix well using your hands.
4

Divide the dough into small balls.Roll out a ball of the dough into a circle without using any flour for rolling.
5

Place a portion of the stuffing in the centre, fold it over to make a semi-circle and press the sides well. Twist the sides of the gujia inwards to form pleats.Repeat same to make all gujia.
6

Heat the ghee in a deep non-stick kadhai and deep-fry a few gujia at a time, on a medium flame, till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides. Drain on an absorbent paper.
7

Serve immediately or cool completely and store in an air-tight container for 2 days.