A sweet fried dumpling made from all purpose flour and filled with mawa/ khoya (milk solids), desiccatedcoconut, nuts and suji, this is How to Make amazing Holispecial Gujiya.
Take a mixing bowl,add flour and a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl, and add ghee with flour. Using your figure and palms, rub the flour and ghee nicely to make a smoothtexture
Start sprinkling luke warmwater little by little and knead to make slightly tight dough.
1. Coverthe dough and allow it to rest for half an hour
Makingthe filling of nuts and sweets of Gujiya
1. Add littleoil to a wok; add semolinaand fry it little to make light brown, then add the mixed nuts suji and fry fora minute. Set aside.
Add khoya/mawa to the same pan and heat it for about 2-3 minutesto become soft, and then add the roasted nuts and suji and desiccated coconut.Once done, keep it aside to cool.
Nowremove the cover of the dough and Divide it into equal-sized balls. Take oneball and roll it to flat 3-4 inch diameter circle. Make sure the flat baseshould not be very thin; otherwise the filler will come out from the outerlayer. Place a tablespoon full of nuts and mawa filling in the center of theflat base
Nowmoisten the edge of the flat base with the help of water (keep a small bowl mixwith flour and water) of. Now fold it such a waythat should cover the filling, press softly, and seal the edges properly
FRYING THE GUJIYAS
Takea hard bottomed pan. Heat oil in a low-medium flame, slowly put the gujiyas oneby one and deep-fry them until golden brown. It will take around 10-12 minutesfor each batch