Karanji (A Very Popular Indian Dessert) Diwali Special

Ingredients:

Dough:

• 1 cup flour/maida
• ¼ cup sooji
• Two table spoon oil
• Pinch of salt

Filling:

• 1 table spoon Poppy Seeds
• 1 table spoon Sooji
• 1 cup dry grated coconut
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ¼ table spoon cardamom powder
• Assorted nuts

Extra:

• 2 table spoon rice flour
• 2 table spoon ghee
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Heat up 2 tsp oil. Mix flour, sooji, salt in to a bowl and pour hot oil over it. Mix well till the time mixture becomes crumbly
• Pour warm milk slowly to make medium consistency dough, not too hard and too soft
• Cover and keep the dough for 30 min.
• Dry roast sooji and poppy seeds separately till the time they get light brown color
• Add coconut to dry roasted sooji and poppy seeds, add sugar, cardamom powder, dry fruits and mix well
• To make Karanji, take the dough and again knead to make it smooth. Divide dough in to 3 equal parts. Roll them in to three thin roti
• Mix rice flour and ghee to make it smooth and creamy
• Now take one thin roti, spread rice flour mixture evenly on it, place another roti on the top of it, again spread rice flour mixture
• Now place third roti, roll it evenly from all the sides to make it little thin. Again spread some rice flour mixture
• Stretch it out little bit, now divide it in to equal parts
• Take ball and roll like poori, add stuffing, apply milk around its edges and seal the Karanji well
• Use fork and make some design around Karanji
• Now deep fry till the time it gets nice golden colour.