Karjikai

Happy diwali everyone! Diwali the festival of lights is synonymus with lights, crackers and loads and loads of sweets as well. this festival brings backs to me, very sweet memories of childhood. my mom always used to make varieties of sweets during diwali and one of them was karjikai. i always used to feel that its very difficult to prepare this one but trust me, once u start making it is really very simple. so here is the recipe.

 

Ingredients: 

For dough: 1 cup maida(all purpose flour)

                 1/4 cup chiroti rava

                 2tsp butter or ghee

                 water as required

                 oil for deep frying

For stuffing: 1 cup grated coconut(wet or dry according to your wish)

                   1cup sugar

                   1/2 cup mixed dry fruits(cashew, raisins, badam, pista)                   

                   5-6tsp poppy seeds

                   3-4tsp cardammom powder

Method: 1)mix maida, chiroti rava and butter in a bowl. knead it to form a smooth dough by adding water 

                 as required. allow it to rest for 10min.

              2)heat a non-stick pan add all the ingredients of the stuffing, mix well for 2-3min in low flame. 

                 allow the mixture to cool.

              3)divide the dough into small lemon sized balls.

              4)roll out each ball into a thin poori using the rolling pin.

              5)spoon in the stuffing on one half of the poori and fold along the center. seal the ends with some 

                 water or milk to get karjikai shape. repeat the same for all the balls.

              6)heat oil in a pan. add all the stuffed karjikai's one by one to the hot oil and fry them until they turn

                 golden brown in color.

              7)cool the fried karjikai and store them in an air tight container.