INGREDIENTS:
For the dough:
- 2 cups refined flour
- 1 cup clarified butter
- Water
For the filling: - 1 cup khoya
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp green cardamom – powdered
- 1 Tbsp almonds – finely chopped
- Ghee for deep-frying
For the syrup: - 1 cup pure maple syrup
METHOD:
- Rub 1/4 cup ghee into the flour and knead into a stiff dough with water. Leave to rest for at least half an hour.
- In a pan, saute the khoya over medium heat till it looks slightly fried.
- Take off the heat and when it cools, mix in the maple syrup, cardamom and almonds.
- Shape the filling into ovals about 21 cm length and 1 cm thickness.
- Make balls of the dough and roll out into 1 cm / 1/8 in thick rounds.
- Make a design by pinching and twisting all along the sealed edges.
- Heat the ghee and add as many gujiyas fit in comfortably.
- Turn them over and lower the heat to medium. Fry till golden brown on all sides.
- Reduce maple syrup to a thick consistency and dip the gujiya in it.
- Let it rest for a couple of minutes before you serve it.
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