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Sooji Gujiya is a popular Indian sweet that is generally prepare during festivals and spacial occasion. This sweet is tasty, crunchy and has a nice flavor and aroma. It is a fried Indian pastry with an aromatic filling inside. You can serve this sweet as a evening snack also and can also pack in your kid’s snack box.
For The Stuffing
- semolina (rava/ Sooji) - 1/4 cup
- powdered sugar - 1/4 cup
- chopped mixed nuts - 1/4 cup
- ghee - 2 tsp
- cardamoms and nutmeg (jaiphal) powder - 1/2 tsp
For The Dough
- plain flour (maida) - 3/4 cup
- milk to knead dough
- ghee - 1 tsp
Other Ingredients
- for deep frying - ghee
For the dough
- In a bowl add plain flour, milk, and ghee and knead to a soft and smooth dough and cover it with a muslin cloth and keep it for 15-20 min.
For the stuffing
- Heat a pan and add ghee to it and roast Sooji on sow flame till it changes color to light pink.
- Once done, switch off the flame and transfer it in a plate and keep it aside to cook.
- When completely cooled, add nuts and powdered sugar, cardamom and nutmeg powder and keep it aside.
How to proceed
- Knead the dough well and make equal sized balls and take a ball and roll into a puri
- Put a spoonful of stuffing in center, seal it tightly and form a semicircle and cover them under moist towel for few min.
- Heat ghee in a pan add slowly drop the Gujiya and fry on low flame till the color changes to light pink.
- Once done, drain it on a tissue paper and serve it.
Meghna Nath
