Easy Gujia Recipe – Sweet Dish For Holi, Diwali And Other Festivals
Gujia is an oval shaped fried dumpling like sweet dish generally prepared by Maida flour and/or Suji flour (Semolina). It is stuffed with the mixture of Khoa, Sugar, and dry fruits and packed like Samosa (an Indian savory).
Servings Prep Time
11pieces 20minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
40minutes 60minutes
Servings Prep Time
11pieces 20minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
40minutes 60minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients Required To Make Gujia Base
Ingredients Required For Stuffing Mixture
Ingredients Required For Frying Gujia
Instructions
Gujia Recipe Video
  1. Watch my following video to learn traditional Mava Suji Gujiya Recipe.
Instructions To Prepare Gujia Stuffing Mixture
  1. Roast grated Khoa in a Kadahi till light brown or pink.
  2. Roast Suji flour with 1 tea spoon Ghee in a pan.
  3. Mix roasted Khoa, roasted Suji flour and all the ingredients of stuffing in a bowl and keep aside.
Instructions To Prepare Gujia Base
  1. Sieve Maida flour. Add 3 tea spoon Ghee in it and knead it well with luke warm water. Leave it aside for 10 minutes, covered with a wet muslin cloth.
  2. Make small balls from it.
Instructions For Stuffing and Packing
  1. Roll one small ball of kneaded Maida flour in approx 4 inch size.
  2. Fill half the round of it with 1 to 1.5 tea spoon of stuffing mixture.
  3. Fold it and seal it properly between the index finger and thumb by folding the edges inward. You can also press the teeth of a fork on the seal to make it sure that the stuffing must not comes out while frying.
  4. Keep this raw Gujia in a plate and cover the plate with a dry muslin cloth so that the Gujia will not become dry.
  5. Prepare raw Gujia from entire Maida flour in the same way.
  6. Heat 250 ml Ghee in a Kadahi.
  7. Deep fry Gujia in it at medium flame till golden brown.
  8. Sweet, delicious Gujia is ready to enjoy Holi, Diwali and other Indian festivals.
  9. You can serve it hot or at room temperature.
Recipe Notes
  1. If you love very sweet desserts, you can dip the fried Gujia in hot sugar syrup (chaashni) for a while.
  2. You can serve Gujia both hot and at room temperature.
  3. You can decorate your Gujia with Pistachio chips and Almond chips while serving.
  4. Gujiya can easily store at a cool and dry place for 15 days.

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Author: Sonia Goyal