Chandrakala gujiya

Name: Chandrakala gujiya
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: for crust; 1 cup maida; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp ghee; 1 tbsp refined oil; 1 pinch salt; for filling:; 2 tbsp mawa; 4 tbsp grated coconut; 2 tbsp semolina; 4 almonds chopped; 1 tbsp raisins; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp ghee; 1 cup refined oil for frying; 1/4 cup sugar for syrup; 1/4 cup water

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

for crust
1 cupmaida
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tbspghee
1 tbsprefined oil
1 pinchsalt
forfilling:
2 tbspmawa
4 tbspgrated coconut
2 tbspsemolina
4almonds chopped
1 tbspraisins
1/2 tspcardamom powder
2 tbspsugar
1 tspghee
1 cuprefined oil for frying
1/4 cup sugar for syrup
1/4 cup water

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Steps

1

Add maida in a bowl.Mix baking powder,pinch of salt, ghee and refined oil.Add water half cup approximately and knead into a stiff dough.Cover and set aside.
2

Meanwhile grate coconut.Heat ghee and lightly fry semolina.Add little sugar,mawa and grated coconut.Toss well till a lump like texture is formed.Add chopped almonds and raisins.Sprinkle cardamom powder and toss well.Set aside to cool.
3

Make small balls out of the dough.Roll two balls like chapatti. Add little coconut mawa mix in the centre of one chapati.Smear water around the side of the round all over.Cover with another chapati and fold the edges.
4

Make a sugar syrup till one string consistency.Set aside.Heat oil and fry the gujiyas in batches in low heat.Dip the gujiyas in sugar syrup and sprinkle chopped nuts.Allow to cool and refrigerate so that they stay fresh for a longer period.