Gajar Halwa Gujiya

Name: Gajar Halwa Gujiya
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 10-12 Gujiya
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup grated carrot; 1/2 grated khova; 1/2 cup milk; 2 tbsp ghee; 1/2 cup condensed milk; as required Few chopped pistachio cashew nuts and raisins; 1 cup maida; 2 tbsp ghee; 1/8 tsp salt; as required Oil for deep frying; 2 cup sugar; 2 cup water; 4-5 saffron strands; 2-3 cardamom

Suhita Rana Chowdhury👩‍🍳 @cook_26555245

Bangalore, India

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Gujiya is a traditional sweet recipes prepared basically as during Holi, Ganesh chaturthi, Teej, Navratri, diwali or anytime we get cravings for it. I had prepared this easy and delicious recipe with a twist... This was really amazing and delicious....

Suhita Rana Chowdhury👩‍🍳 @cook_26555245

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Ingredients

45 minutes

10-12 Gujiya

Gajar Halwa for Stuffing:-
2 cupgrated carrot
1/2grated khova
1/2 cupmilk
2 tbspghee
1/2 cupcondensed milk
as required Few chopped pistachio cashew nuts and raisins
For Outer Covering:-
1 cupmaida
2 tbspghee
1/8 tspsalt
as required Oil for deep frying
For Sugar Syrup:-
2 cupsugar
2 cupwater
4-5saffron strands
2-3cardamom

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Steps

45 minutes

1

To Make Gajar Halwa for Stuffing:-
Heat a pan with 1/2 tsp ghee and roast the dry fruits and keep it aside.
2

In same pan add ghee and grated carrots cook for about 5 minutes on medium flame. Once the carrot is half cooked pour the milk, condensed milk, and grated kova. Mix well and cook till the milk is completely absorbed by carrots. Add roasted dry fruits and continue to cook until all moisture is evaporated. Switch off the flame and keep it aside. Let it cool.
3

In a mixing mixing bowl add maida, salt,ghee. Mix them well. Now adding warm water and start kneading the dough. Cover it with some ghee and leave it for about 30 minutes.
4

Meanwhile in a pot add 2 cups of sugar with 2 cups of water and prepare sugar syrup with cardamom and saffron strands. One string consistency is enough for this sweet. Switch off the flame.
5

After 30 minutes knead the dough again. Roll to a thin sheet, cut with a medium size lid. Take 2 circles. Add 1 tbsp Gajar Halwa stuffing in the centre of the one circle,and cover with another circle, press at edges to seal completely. Pinch and fold continuously to get pattern like. Repeat to finish the dough.
6

Heat oil in a kadai, add 2-3 Gujiya at a time, fry until golden in colour. Cook in low medium flame. Drain from oil and then soak it to warm sugar syrup for 10-15 minutes. Then remove it from sugar syrup. Arrange it on a plate and garnish with some chopped pistachio and saffron strands.