SWEET KARANJI/ GUJIAS/ SOMASIS

INGREDIENTS

for stuffing

coconut pdr.  1 cup
nuts chopped fine  1/2 cup
ghee 1 tbsp
milk  1 cup
sugar  3 tbsp
cardamom pdr.  1/2 tsp

heat ghee in a pan,fry coconut and nuts till light brown
add milk, sugar, cook stirring continuously till dry
add cardamom pdr. and remove, cool

for covering
maida/ all purpose flr.  1cup
suji/semolina  2 tbsp
ghee 2 tbsp
salt wee bit
water as needed to make a dough with the above ingredients
oil/ ghee for frying

make small, thin puris with the dough, add enough filling in the centre, fold to form a semi-circle, put little water all around the edges to seal it well, then you can start turning little from the corner to the other corner to form a nice design, or use a somasi cutter to cut the edges to get a design
make all in the same way
heat oil, deep fry in medium hot oil till light brown in colour
drain, serve warm/ cold
this can be stored for few days


ps- those who want an easier way of making sweet karanji, can powder some pottukadalai/ fried dal which is normally used in making chutney, add castor sugar 1/4 cup for 1/2 cup dal or according to taste, you can add some grated copra/ i.e., dried coconut, finely chopped nuts and raisins, this also tastes good, last for more than a week easily.



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