Karanji (करंजी)

Name: Karanji (करंजी)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 15 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups refined flour; 1/2 cup fine semolina; 2 tbsp ghee and pinch of salt; 1 cup grated fresh coconut; 1 cup grated mava (milk solids); 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tsp poppy seeds; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder; 2 tbsp roasted/sliced dry fruits; 1 tbsp raisins

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

This sweet is usually made during festivals like Diwali, Ganeshotsav and Rakshabandhan. This sweet is made with coconut, milk solids and sugar. It's a fried dish.

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

This sweet is usually made during festivals like Diwali, Ganeshotsav and Rakshabandhan. This sweet is made with coconut, milk solids and sugar. It's a fried dish.

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Ingredients

1 hour

15 persons

For covering - 2 cups refined flour, 1/2 cup fine semolina
2 tbspghee and pinch of salt
Water to knead the dough
For filling - 1 cup grated fresh coconut
1 cup grated mava (milk solids)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp poppy seeds and 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
Oil or ghee for frying
2 tbsp roasted/sliced dry fruits. 1 tbsp raisins

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Steps

1 hour

1

Seive flour and semolina, add salt and hot melted ghee and smear it to the flour till it becomes crumbly.
2

Add water little by little and make dough. The dough should be semisoft as semolina absorbs water. Cover and keep the dough for fifteen minutes.
3

Heat the pan on medium heat add 1 tsp ghee, add grated coconut and fry for 1 min. Add mava and fry for two more minutes. Add sugar and cook till sugar melts and thickens. Mixture should not be dry,it should be little moist.
4

Cool the mixture, add cardamom powder and roasted/sliced dry nuts.
5

Knead the dough nicely, make small even sized balls.
6

Roll each ball into thin puri and fill 2 tsp of coconut mixture. Fold it to make half moon shape. Stick the ends with little water.
7

Make designs with fork on karanji. Make all the karanjis in same way.
8

Fry karanjis on medium heat in hot oil on both sides till karanjis turn golden in color. Cool them and store in a container. Enjoy this yummy sweets.