Name: Karanji recipe by Mamta Joshi at BetterButter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: For Filling -; Fresh coconut scraped 1 cup; Milk 2 cups; Sugar 3/4 cup; Dry fruits of your choice (chopped); Cardamom powder 1/6 teaspoon; For crust -; All purpose flour (maida)1 cup; Fine semolina(Rava) 1 cup; Clarified butter 2 tablespoons; Pinch of salt; Milk/Water as required to make dough

ABOUT Karanji RECIPE

It is traditional sweet of Maharashtrians. This recipe is with fresh coconut filling and we generally make it on Diwali

Ingredients Serving: 10

For Filling -
Fresh coconut scraped 1 cup
Milk 2 cups
Sugar 3/4 cup
Dry fruits of your choice (chopped)
Cardamom powder 1/6 teaspoon
For crust -
All purpose flour (maida)1 cup
Fine semolina(Rava) 1 cup
Clarified butter 2 tablespoons
Pinch of salt
Milk/Water as required to make dough

Instructions

In a heavy bottom pan cook milk and coconut until all milk is reduced( stir occasionally)
Add sugar and cook till you get semi dried mixture
Let the mixture cool
Add dry fruits and cardamom powder. The filling is ready
Meanwhile take rawa and maida in a bowl add a pinch of salt and hot ghee
Lightly mix everything
Add milk and knead soft dough
Cover the dough with a moist muslin cloth for 10 minutes
Take a small portion of the dough and roll it
Fill the stuffing and make shape of karanji
Seal the edges tightly
Cut edges with cutter
Deep fry these karanjis till crisp and Golden

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