Crispy Karanji / Gujiya

Ingredients:

For Dough

•     1 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida
•     1/4 cup Sooji / Rawa
•     2 tsp Rice Flour
•     2 tsp Oil
•     1 tsp melted Ghee
•     1/2 cup warm Milk
•     pinch of Salt

For Filling

•     1 tsp Poppy Seeds / KhasKhas
•     1 cup Dry Grated Coconut
•     1 cup Powdered Sugar
•     1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
•     Assorted Nuts - Kaju and Badam pieces

• Oil for frying

Method:

 For Cover / Coating

1.     Heat up 2 tsp oil and 1 tsp of ghee.
2.     Mix all purpose flour, sooji, rice flour,salt in to a bowl and pour hot oil and hot ghee over it.
3.     Mix well till the time mixture becomes crumbly.
4.     Pour warm milk slowly to make medium consistency dough, not too hard and too soft.
5.     Cover and keep the dough for 30 mts.

For Filling / Stuffing

1.     Dry roast poppy seeds till the time they get light brown color.
2.     Add coconut to dry roasted poppy seeds, add sugar, cardamom powder, dry fruits and mix well.

To make Karanji

1.     Take the dough and again knead to make it smooth.
2.     Make small balls and roll like poori, add stuffing in the center, apply milk around its edges and seal the karanji well.
3.     Use fork and make some design around karanji.
4.     Now deep fry till the time it gets nice golden color.

Tip:
The Rice flour and melted ghee make the karanji Crispy