Holi celebrations are incomplete without its traditional dishes. This year, celebrate the festival of colours with your child by making these gujiyas at home.
Jaggery dates gujiya
By Gopal Jha, Executive Chef, Grand Mercure Bangalore
Ingredients
For the dough
500gm atta (wheat flour), 150gm ghee melted cold
For the filing
50gm almond flour, 100 finely chopped dates, 10gm sesame seed, 15ml honey, 2tsp cardamom powder
For Syrup to dip
200gm jaggery, 150ml water
Method:
For the dough
Mix melted ghee with Atta and rub with your palms.
Knead a soft dough using water.
Cover and keep aside.
For the filling
Mix all ingredient to a soft mix and fill to the dough equally.
Keep in the fridge till it gets firm.
Deep fry in ghee under slow temperature till golden brown colour.
Make a thick jaggery syrup and soak for some time .strain and sprinkle roasted sesame seed and mix nut flakes.
Gujiya for Holi
By Chef Anup Kumar Maity, ibis and Novotel Bengaluru Outer Ring Road
Ingredients
1kg refined flour, 200ml ghee, 400ml water, 1tbsp cooking soda, 250gms Khoya, 50gm cashewnut, 5gms cardamom powder, 2kg sugar, 50gms pistachio, 2 gms silver leaves
Method
Knead dough with refined flour, ghee, cooking soda and water and allow it to rest for 20 minutes.
Make a stuffing with Khova, chopped cashewnut and cardamom powder.
Stuff the Gujiya with the fillings and fold it on the sides.
Make sugar syrup and allow it to cool down.
Fry the Gujiya in oil and soak it in sugar syrup.
Garnish the gujiya with silver leaves and chopped pistachio.
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