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Ghughra or Gujia or Karanji

Ghughra also known as many other names such as Gujia or Karanji is a fried pastry filled with an aromatic nuts mixture or variety of stuffings. In India, Gujia is traditionally made for the holidays like Diwali and Holi but in my kitchen, they are prepared often since my husband and kids like them a lot.

Ghughra or Gujia or Karanji

Author: Bhavna

Ingredients

  • 50 gm or 1/4 cup Poppy seeds
  • 1 cup dessicated coconut
  • 100 gm Rawa/Cream of wheat
  • 250 gm Maida/Allpurpose Flour
  • 2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter
  • 250 gm Powdered sugar
  • A generous pinch of Nutmeg
  • ½ tsp caradamom powder
  • Oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • Roast poppy seeds and coconut. Keep aside.
  • 2. Roast rawa till light brown. Keep aside.
  • 3. Mix both the mixtures. Add sugar. Mix well. Add cardamom and nutmeg.
  • 4. Mix ghee and maida. Add water gingerly to make a stiff dough.
  • 5. Roll out puris. Stuff the sweet mixture. Close the puri half-moon shape.
  • 6. Keep twisting around the edges or use sawtooth cutter especially designed for making the edges.
  • 7. Heat oil for deep frying. Fry on low flame.

Notes

For Dryfruit Ghughra : you can add dryfruits like raisins,coarsely powered almonds, coarsely powdered pistachios,powdered cashew nuts to rawa mixture.

Bhavna

Hello!
Bhavna is a founder/owner/host of her youtube channel Bhavna’s Kitchen & Living with over a million followers. Being a food enthusiast, Bhavna has been creating recipes and blogging about food since 2008. Love for healthy living motivated her to get certified as a “National Nutrition Educator” to educate herself and community around her to eat balanced, nutrient dense food. Her goal is to help people live healthy life through food and not medicines.
Bhavna is a mother of two. Her life is full of activities and love sharing her passion for food, fitness, fashion, gardening, traveling and more on her YouTube channel, Facebook page, Instagram and many other platforms. Bhavna was born and raised in India but reside in the USA at present.

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