Ghugra (Spicy Karanji Recipe)

Ingredients

For the dough

All purpose flour – 1 cup

Salt - ¼ tsp

Hot ghee/oil – 1 tbl.sp

Water for kneading the dough

For the stuffing

Green peas – 150 gm boiled

Freshly grated coconut – 3 to 4 tbl.sp

Sesame seed – 1 tbl.sp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Asofoetida – ¼ tsp

Ginger green chilli paste – 1 tsp

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Sugar – 1 tsp

Salt – as per taste

Method

Make a dough from the given ingredients given.

For making the stuffing, heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan, add first cumin seeds, when they start to splutter, add asofoetida and then sesame seeds. When the sesame seeds are roasted add grated coconut and ginger green chilli paste and stir fry till coconut changes its color to light brown.

Add green peas, lemon juice and coriander leaves and cook on a slow flame for 2 to 3 minutes.

Remove and lightly mash it.

Make small puris from the dough, put one spoon of stuffing and close it in a semi circle shape by sealing the edges with water.

Deep fry in oil and serve hot.