This festive season enjoy this special Maharashtrian sweet with a crisp shell and
a coconut jaggery filling. Impress your guests and try the Coconut Karanji, a popular
Diwali sweet.
Serves: 4
Cooking time: 60 min
Ingredients
- Coconut grated - 250 gm
- Cardamom powder - 1 gm
- Jaggery grated - 400 gm
- Sooji - ½ cup
- Maida - 2 cup
- Cold Milk - 1 cup
- Aashirvaad Svasti Pure Cow Ghee for deep frying
Preparation
- In a pan cook coconut and jaggery on a slow fire till the jaggery melts.
- Add cardamom powder and keep stirring so it doesn’t stick to the surface, cook till
the mixture becomes thick.
- Turn off the heat once it is done and keep aside.
- In a separate bowl add maida, sooji and melted ghee, mix them well.
- Now add cold milk to the above mixture and make a thick dough.
- Cover the dough and keep aside for 15 – 20 min.
- Knead the dough again and make small round balls. With the help of a rolling pin,
roll it flat and place a spoonful of coconut jaggery mixture in the center.
- Apply some milk on the edges of the dough and tightly seal the filling inside.
- Press the edges using the back of a fork, repeat the process for the rest of the
dough
- Heat Aashirvaad Svasti Ghee in a kadai, slowly fry the stuffed karanjis on low heat
till golden brown.
- Your Diwali recipe is now ready to be served.
Recipe prepared by ITC Hotels Chefs