Baked Corn-Stuffed Gujiya Recipe - BetterButter

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Satiate your sweet tooth

• Gujiya recipe

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What it takes

• 2 cups maida flour
• 3 tablespoons Ghee
• A pinch of salt
• Oil to deep fry
• For Sugar Syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 1.25 cup water

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For the filling

• 2.5 cups grated and lightly fried unsweetened
  mava (also known as Khoya)
• 4 tea spoons grated dry coconut
• About 15 cashew nuts (finely chopped)
• About 15 almonds (finely chopped)
• 1.5 tea spoon cardamom powder
• 1.5 cup sugar powder

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Making the wonder

• Mix the maida, ghee and salt in a vessel and
  create a consistency similar to a bread crumb
  feel.

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Making the wonder

• The dough needs to be made stiff and kneaded
  after adding cold water. After the dough is
  kneaded, it should be covered with a moist cloth
  and set aside.

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Making the wonder

• The filling then needs to be created by mixing
  mava, chasews, almonds, coconut powder, cardamom
  powder and sugar powder. The ingredients need to
  be thoroughly mixed for an even taste to be
  achieved.

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Making the wonder

• While on one side the oil for deep frying should
  be set for heating, small balls of the dough
  should be made and flattened to prepare for the
  covering of the gujiyas.

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Making the wonder

• The filling should then be filled in the
  flattened balls of dough and it should be folded
  in a moon like shape. The same should be repeated
  for all the dough balls and the entire filling.

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Making the wonder

• The sugar syrup should then be created to a
  consistency of 3 threads or a slightly thick.

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Making the wonder

• The raw gujiyas should then be deep fried until a
  golden brown color is achieved. The fried gujiyas
  should then be put into the ready hot sugar syrup.

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Making the wonder

• The gujiyas should be removed from the syrup
  within a very short time however, it must be made
  sure that no side is left uncoated with syrup.

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Making the wonder

• When the gujiya recipe is followed well and it is
  stored in an air tight container, it remains
  edible for about a month.