Name: Pedakiya (Gujiya) recipe by Aayushi Manish at BetterButter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Maida - 2 cups; ghee - 1/4 cup; Curd - 1/4 cup; water - 1/2 cup or less; For filling: Fine Semolina (Sooji) 1 cup; Sugar (powdered)- 1 cup; Dessicated coconut - 1/4 cup; raisins - 10-12; cashewnut chopped - 10-12; Cardamom powder - to taste; Ghee for roasting Semolina - 1/3 cup; milk - 1/2 cup (optional); Oil/Ghee - as required for frying

ABOUT Pedakiya (Gujiya) RECIPE

Bihar's most famous fried sweet, it is made by stuffing flour with Semolina or khoya and Dry fruits and is specially made during a festival in Bihar.

Ingredients Serving: 6

Maida - 2 cups
ghee - 1/4 cup
Curd - 1/4 cup
water - 1/2 cup or less
For filling: Fine Semolina (Sooji) 1 cup
Sugar (powdered)- 1 cup
Dessicated coconut - 1/4 cup
raisins - 10-12
cashewnut chopped - 10-12
Cardamom powder - to taste
Ghee for roasting Semolina - 1/3 cup
milk - 1/2 cup (optional)
Oil/Ghee - as required for frying

Instructions

Mix ingredients for the dough, adding little water make a stiff and smooth dough, keep aside. Cover with a damp cloth.
Add ghee, roast sooji on medium heat till it becomes brown.
Add all dry fruits and milk, cook till it becomes dry. Add sugar and cardamom powder.
Roll the dough like a small poori, apply water on sides, add filling, close properly. Make all the gujias and cover with a cloth.
Heat oil /ghee in a pan and fry on very low flame otherwise, it will cook from outside and remain raw from inside. Turn both sides till it becomes golden in colour. Store in an airtight container once they cool down.

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