Gunja – Ghughara – Gujiya

The speciality of Holi, its a traditional and artistically folded sweet.

Ingredients

Rava – 200 gms.
Dry fruits, powdered Cardamoms , black pepper, chirongi [ hindi], sugar,baras [ edible camphor]
Flour / Maida -1kg.
Ghee for frying.
Sugar – thrice the portion of Maida, for syrup [ chashni]

Roast the rava in ghee till pink, and add all the dry fruits, sugar according to taste, mix well and keep aside for cooling.For the dough , knead the maida tightly with the warm ghee and little water. Make small balls,and roll small puris like. Now fill the Puri half with the rava mixture and fold , seal the sides by applying water.Fold the sides of the D like Gunja with design. Make such gunjas and deep fry them in hot Ghee. Takecare the gunja does not open while frying . Please do this on slow flame.

Takeout the fried gunjas on tissue paper. If you want you can dip the Gunjas into thick syrup and let the gunja be coated by sugar.

Cool and store in air tight jar…Offer with love and devotion to Shree Thakurji and his toli of Holi players.