DRY FRUIT GUJIA / SOMASI

INGREDIENTS

For stuffing

Paneer crumbled well 1 cup

Ghee 2 tsp

Dry fruits powdered  ½ cup

Copra/ dry coconut grated  ¼ cup

Peanut pdr.  ¼ cup

Cardamom pdr. 1 tsp

Saffron few strands

Castor sugar 1 cup

Heat ghee, fry paneer for 2-3 minutes on medium flame, add rest of the ingredients except sugar and cardamom pdr., fry for another 3-4 minutes, remove, cool completely, then add sugar and cardamom pdr., mix well

FOR COVERING
wheat flour  1 cup

Suji  ½ cup

Salt pinch

Ghee 2 tbsp

water as needed to make dough

oil for frying

METHOD

Mix flour , suji , salt and ghee well, then add water little by little to make a soft dough. Make small puri, put water all around, put enough stuffing, pinch all around as if rolled to seal well. Or you can use the gujia mould to do it, then fry in medium hot oil till crisp, drain, cool and store.