1. Gujiya: These half moon-shaped sweets are a runaway hit on the festival.
Ingredients:
A cup of maida
Grated coconut
3 tablespoons of ghee or oil
Sugar as per taste
2 cups of milk and khoya
A tablespoon of poppy seeds, chopped almonds, raisins and cardamom powder
Method:
- For the outer covering, mix maida and ghee in a bowl, add warm milk to ensure that the dough is smooth.
- For the stuffing, mash the khoya and fry it in a pan, add coconut, sugar, milk, chopped almonds, raisins, cardamom powder and poppy seeds.
- Let the mixture cool down. In the meantime, take the dough and make flat round pancakes. Add the stuffing in the middle and close the corners. Deep fry in ghee until golden brown. Serve cool
