Karanji (Puris Stuffed With Sweet Coconut And Mawa Filling)

Recipe Ingredients

		For The Dough
30		Flour
85		Rawa
40		Ghee
1		Salt
		Milk and water - (as required for mixing -
		Dough)
		Oil - for frying
		For The Filling
2 tablespoons	30ml	Mawa
55		Grated coconut
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Poppy seeds
2 teaspoons	10ml	Raisins, optional

Recipe Instructions

Time required: 35 minutes plus time for resting the dough

To prepare the filling: Pass the mawa through a sieve. Add the grated coconut, powdered sugar, poppy seeds and raisins, if using them. Mix well and keep aside.

To prepare the dough: Mix flour and rawa. Rub 30 g. ghee into the flour-rawa mixture. Add salt and milk-water mixture to bind to a stiff dough. Cover and set aside for half an hour.

Divide the dough into small portions. Apply a little ghee and knead each dough ball well till smooth. Roll into puris, about eight cm. in diameter. Put a little filling in the center and fold over to form a half circle. Seal the edges with a little water. Flute the edges. Deep fry in hot oil till light brown and crisp. Drain and store in an airtight container.

Source:
Femina Magazine

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