Sankranti special tilachi karanji

Name: Sankranti special tilachi karanji
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 3 - 4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup white flour (maida) or wheat flour; 1/2 cup semolina; 2 tbsp ghee; 1 pinch salt; 1 cup sesame seeds; 1 cup jaggery; 1/4 cup grated dry coconut; 1/4 th cup dryfruit nuts; 1 tbsp poppy seeds; 1/4 tsp each cardamom and nutmeg powder

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

This sweet recipe is prepared in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. India, during Sankranti.

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

This sweet recipe is prepared in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. India, during Sankranti.

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Ingredients

45 minutes

3 - 4 persons

For covering of karanji -
1 cup white flour (maida) or wheat flour
1/2 cupsemolina
2 tbsp ghee
1 pinch salt
For stuffing -
1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup jaggery
1/4 cup grated dry coconut
1/4 th cup dryfruit nuts
1 tbsp poppy seeds
1/4 tsp each cardamom and nutmeg powder

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Take flour and semolina and sift, then add melted ghee and pinch of salt.
2

Rub the fat (ghee) into the flour till it crumbles
3

Add water, little by little, and make dough, which requires little more than 1/4 th cup.
4

Cover and keep the dough for 10 minutes.
5

Now we will prepare stuffing. Roast sesame seeds on medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
6

Roast dry nuts, poppy seeds, dry coconut one by one for half a minute each.
7

Grind sesame seeds coarsely in a mixer jar, add jaggery and grind again.
8

Add nuts, poppy seeds, dry coconut, cardamom, and nutmeg powder. Mix well by hand.
9

Now pound the dough with pestle. Make lemon size balls.
10

Take one ball roll it it with a rolling pin like puri.
11

Apply little water on the edges, place 1and half spoon stuffing, and make quarter-moon shape. Press the edges together properly.
12

Now heat the oil on medium flame and fry the karanjis, 2-3 at a time, till golden color. Cool and karanjis and store them in a jar. Sweets are ready to be served.