Gujiya Recipe: The best thing about this delicacy is the combination of sweet, yummy filling and crispy outer coating

This quick and easy gujiya recipe will help you make the perfect Gujiya even if you have never made them before.

Ready in just one hour, this step-by-step gujiya recipe is great to prepare for guests and relatives. A traditional sweet, Gujiya is popularly made on the occasion of Holi, Teej, Karwa Chauth, and Diwali.

This North Indian dessert is truly delicious and can be made with some easily available ingredients like - Khoya, sugar, almonds, green cardamom, semolina and flour.

Fried to perfection, the best thing about this delicacy is the combination of sweet, yummy filling and crispy outer coating.

Here’s how to make this simple Gujiya recipe in a few steps. You can also tweak this Gujiya recipe as per your taste.

If you are someone who has a thing for coconut, then you can grate some coconut and add it to the filling, this will certainly add to the taste of this recipe.

What makes this delicacy different from other Indian sweets is the amalgamation of crispy outer coating and delicious filling. Every region has a different recipe for this delicacy.

So if you have plans to celebrate Holi with your loved ones, we suggest you try this traditional Gujiya recipe at home for Holi.

We bet your guest will love this sweet surprise. It tastes best when served with Pakoras, Samosas, Kachoris and Thandai.

To make it even more healthy you can replace sugar with jaggery, this will certainly amp up the health quotient.

To make this Indian dessert aromatic and delicious you can add some green cardamom, this will accentuate the taste of the Gujiya recipe. 

Traditionally, Gujiya is prepared using ghee which makes it rich and aromatic. However, if you want to reduce the calorie content, you can also replace it with some refined oil or olive oil. 

You can pack this for picnics and road trips too. We are sure your kids will love this sweet delight! You can also try other Gujiya variants such as baked chocolate gujiya, apple gujiya, chocolate gujiya to name a few.

INGREDIENTS OF GUJIYA

20 Servings

3 cup all purpose flour

For Filling

300 gm khoya

1 1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon powdered green cardamom

2 tablespoon finely chopped almonds

1/4 cup semolina

HOW TO MAKE GUJIYA

Step 1 / 5 Mix Together All Purpose Flour And Water

This popular Gujiya recipe can be prepared by following some simple steps given below. 

Take a bowl, add all purpose flour and water to make a soft dough.

To accentuate the taste of this traditional recipe, add some ghee into the dough.

Step 2 / 5 Knead A Soft Dough

To make the dough soft, knead well by sprinkling some water. Once the dough attains the perfect consistency, keep it aside for an hour. In the meantime, take a deep-fry pan then saute khoya and semolina till it turns golden and keep it aside to cool dough

Step 3 / 5 Prepare The Filling For Gujiya

Add sugar, green cardamom and soaked almonds to the cooled khoya and mix well. To make this stuffing even more delicious, add some dry roasted nuts and raisins, this will add a nice crunch to the Gujiya recipe. Moving on to the next step, take two drops of ghee or refined oil and spread it well on your palms pista

Step 4 / 5 Prepare Puris And Fill Them With The Stuffing

Then make small round balls from the dough and make a cup-like-space in the balls to fill the sumptuous stuffing. After adding the filling seal corners in such a way that it secures the stuffing while frying the Gujiya. Roll the sides as per your choice of pattern gujiya-half-cooked

Step 5 / 5 Deep Fry The Gujiya And Enjoy

Heat ghee in a pan over medium flame. Fry the Gujiyas till golden brown from all the sides and serve it with some Thandai and spicy pakoras. Garnish it with some saffron strands and crushed pistachios. You can also serve it with some Rabri.