Layered gujiya

Name: Layered gujiya
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: for the dough:; 1 cup all purpose flour; 1 tbsp ghee; As needed water to make the dough; for stuffing:; 1/4 cup dessicated coconut; 1/4 cup powdered sugar; 1/4 cup milk powder; 1/4 cup milk; 1 tsp ghee; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder; 1 tbsp chironji seeds; for sugar syrup:; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup water; 1/4 tsp green cardamom powder; as needed oil for deep frying

payaljain @cook_8110556

a perfect sweet for any indian festival

payaljain @cook_8110556

a perfect sweet for any indian festival

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Ingredients

35 minutes

4 servings

for the dough:
1 cupall purpose flour
1 tbspghee
As needed water to make the dough
for stuffing:
1/4 cupdessicated coconut
1/4 cuppowdered sugar
1/4 cupmilk powder
1/4 cupmilk
1 tspghee
1/2 tspcardamom powder
1 tbspchironji seeds
for sugar syrup:
1/2 cupsugar
1/2 cupwater
1/4 tspgreen cardamom powder
as neededoil for deep frying

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Steps

35 minutes

1

Take flour in a vessel and mix ghee to it
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Now add water and knead a soft pliable dough
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Cover the dough and keep aside for 15 minutes
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For stuffing:
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Heat 1 tsp ghee in a kadai and add milk to it
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Now add milk powder and keep stirring continuously until the mixture appears same like mawa
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Switch off the flame and transfer it to a bowl
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When the mixture cools down, add chironji seeds, cardamom powder, coconut and powdered sugar to it
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Mix everything well
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Stuffing is ready
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For making gujiya:
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Knead the dough again after 15 minutes and pinch lemon sized from it
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Take two balls and roll it in two thin circles
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Make slits on one circle leving some space on the edges
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Now stick two prepared circles using water as shown in the image
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Place stuffing and fold bringing two edges of the circle together
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After folding, make pleats with the hands
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Make all the gujiyas in the same way
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Heat oil in a kadai
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After the oil is properly heated up, reduce the flame to medium
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Add the gujiyas to the oil, turn sides and fry it till golden brown on both sides
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Remove from oil and drain it on paper towel
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For making syrup:
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Add sugar and water in a kadai and bring it to a boil on medium flame
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Cook the syrup for 4-5 minutes to make one string sugar syrup
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Switch off the flame and add cardamom powder
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Now dip the gujiyas into the syrup for 2 minutes
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Then remove from syrup and serve