Ganesh Chaturthi special recipe: Karanji

This Ganesh Chaturthi savour the delicious recipe of Karanji and chant 'Ganpati Bappa Morya'. 

Ingredients:

1 cup maida
3 tsp ghee
1 cup grated coconut
3 1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tbsp poppy seeds
chopped almonds
raisins
salt
oil
½ cardomom powder

Method: 

Firstly, prepare a dough. Then mix mix salt, maida and ghee in a bowl. Add warm milk and salt to make a smooth dough.

For stuffing, cook the coconut, sugar, milk, chopped almonds and raisins, cardamom powder and poppy seeds in milk. Boil till the milk evaporates.

Divide the dough and make flat round pancakes. Add the stuffing in middle and close the corners. After stuffing all the gujias or karanji, heat oil in a frying pan.

Fry the karanjis for 2-3 minutes till the colour becomes golden brown.

Take out and place in tissue paper to avoid having extra oil. Let it cool.

Karanji is ready to eat. Enjoy Ganesh Chaturthi with this recipe.