Name: GUJIAS WITH DIFFERENT SHAPES recipe by Archana Bhargava at BetterButter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: For the outer covering; 2 cups maida or plain flour; 2 - 2 1/2 tbsp of ghee for moyan; Pinch of salt; Water as required to knead the dough; For the stuffing; 1 Cup Mawa; 1/4 cup desiccated coconut; Few strands of Saffron; 1/4 cup powdered sugar; 1/4 cup chopped mixed dry fruits like pista , badam , kishmish , chironji; For frying; Take ghee for frying; For sugar syrup; 2 cups of sugar; 1 cup of water

Ingredients Serving: 8

For the outer covering
2 cups maida or plain flour
2 - 2 1/2 tbsp of ghee for moyan
Pinch of salt
Water as required to knead the dough
For the stuffing
1 Cup Mawa
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
Few strands of Saffron
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup chopped mixed dry fruits like pista , badam , kishmish , chironji
For frying
Take ghee for frying
For sugar syrup
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of water

Instructions

FOR THE OUT COVERING DOUGH
Take a mixing bowl and put together maida , salt and ghee
Mix nicely with your fingertips , until becomes crumbly
Then by adding water little by little , knead a medium tight dough
Cover and keep it for half an hour to rest
FOR THE STUFFING
In a mixing bowl add all the stuffing ingredients and mix well
FOR MAKING GUJIA
Once again knead the dough nicely and make small balls from the dough
In the meantime in a heavy bottomed pan or kadai heat ghee for deep frying , first on high then make it low
Roll out the balls with a rolling pin , into small and medium thin rotis
Now put the stuffing in the center of the roti , nearly 1 1/2 tbsp -2 tbsp of stuffing will be enough
Now with your fingertip apply some water on all sides of the roti
Now fold the roti from one side and take it to the other side , giving a semi circle shape to form gujia
Seal the sides very nicely
Now make design by pinching the folded side , with your thumb and index finger
If you find it difficult to make the design then just press the sides with a fork , it should be sealed properly
In this way make all the gujias
Make them in different shapes like semi circle one , round one and like a potli
Now slowly slide the gujia in the hot ghee , one by one
Fry them on low heat , by turning them at regular intervals , so that they becomes light brown and crispy from all the sides
Fry only 4-5 gujias at one time
Along with this cook sugar and water to make 1 1/2 string consistency sugar syrup , side by side
When the gujias cools down completely then only dip them in sugar syrup , and syrup should be little warm
Dip only few gujias in syrup , as required at one time , the rest keep them as it is in an airtight container
Take out the syrup coated gujias in a serving plate and garnish with finely chopped pistachios
16 pieces of medium sized gujias were made from this quantity

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