Almond Ghughra (gujiye)

Name: Almond Ghughra (gujiye)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup almond powder; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 tsp cardamom powder; 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder; 2 tbsp ghee; 2 cup maida (refined flour); 4 tbsp ghee; as required Water for kneading dough; as required Oil/ghee for frying

Foram C. Virani @foramvirani

Ahmedabad

#diwali2020

Foram C. Virani @foramvirani

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Ingredients

1 hour

5 servings

1 cupalmond powder
1 cuppowdered sugar
1 tspcardamom powder
1/2 tspnutmeg powder
2 tbspghee
For making dough:
2 cupmaida (refined flour)
4 tbspghee
as requiredWater for kneading dough
as requiredOil/ghee for frying

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Steps

1 hour

1

Firstly take 1 cup of almonds. In a blender make powder.
2

In a pan add ghee and roast almond powder on medium flame until it slightly golden and smells really good. Turn off the flame and keep aside.
3

Let it completely cool then add powdered sugar, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder mix well and keep aside.
4

Now prepare dough for ghughra. In a bowl add maida and ghee mix it well then add water as needed and make a tight dough. Cover and set aside for 20 minutes.
5

Take one ball and roll it about the size of a puri.
6

Place stuffing in the middle of the rolled puri. Close the puri half-moon shape.
7

Keep twisting the ghughra around the edges. Prepare the remaining ghughra with a damp cloth.
8

Heat oil or ghee in a pan. Fry ghughras over low flame until light golden brown in colour.
9

Let them cool down. Once it is cold, place them in an airtight container.