Baked Karanji | Recipe by Archana in Marathi | Sweet Indian Snack with Coconut Filling

Karanji / Gujiya is one of the most popular sweet snack made during Diwali. Learn how to make crispy & crunchy Baked Karanji at home from our chef Archana on Ruchkar Mejwani.

Ingredients:

For Stuffing
1 Grated Coconut
1/2 Cup Milk
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
4 tbsp Milk Powder

For Dough
2 tbsp Hot Ghee
250 gms All Purpose Flour
2 pinches of Salt
Water

For Ghee & Cornflour mixture (Saatha)
1 Cup Ghee
Cornflour

Method:

– Heat a pan.
– Add grated coconut, milk and sugar. Mix everything well.
– Add cardamom powder and mix well.
– Add milk powder and mix everything well. Switch off the flame when the color of the mixture changes. Keep this stuffing aside.
– To make the dough in a bowl add all purpose flour, hot ghee and salt. Mix everything well.
– Add water as required and make a soft dough. Keep this dough aside.
– In a bowl add ghee. Mix the ghee well with your hands. Add cornflour and make a creamy mixture.
– Take the dough and divide it into three parts.
– Roll out chapatis of the each portion.
– Apply the mixture of ghee & corn flour to each chapati and place it on top of another as shown in the video.
– Roll the chapatis and close the ends.
– Cut the roll in small sizes. Roll the portion to make a not too thin puri.
– Take a tsp of the filling in the middle of the puri and stick the edges together.
– Apply some ghee to the baking tray. Place the karanji on the tray.
– Apply little ghee on the karanjis.
– Bake the karanjis on 180 degree for 20 minutes.
– Baked Karanji is ready to be served!

Director: Narayan Thakur
Camera: Kavaldeep Singh Jangwal, Manjeet Katariya, Narayan Thakur
Editing: Ravi Varma
Creative Head: Kavya Krishnaswamy
Producer: Rajjat A. Barjatya
Copyrights: Rajshri Entertainment Private Limited

Subscribe & Stay Tuned: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToRuchkarMejwani

For Facebook Updates: https://www.facebook.com/RuchkarMejwani

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RuchkarMejwani

Join us on G+ : https://plus.google.com/u/0/108499039376892009441/posts