Recipe

ingredients

For the dough

• Flour      3 cups
• Ghee     8 tbsp
• Baking soda        1/2 tsp
• Oil for frying      

For the filling:

• Ripe apples (diced and drained)                2 1/2 cups
• Cinnamon powder          ½ tsp
• grated dry coconut          1/2 cup
• granulated sugar              1/4 cup
• crushed black pepper    3/4 tsp
• crushed cardamom seeds            1/2 tsp
• cornstarch           1 tbsp

Method

• For preparing the crust, sieve refined flour and rub in the ghee and salt. Add cold water and knead into a stiff dough. Cover it with a damp cloth and set aside
• For the filling mix all the ingredients together. Set aside.
• With oiled hands divide dough into small balls.
• Grease the gujiya mould. Roll out dough balls into small puris, put it on the mould and press lightly.
•  Place the stuffing in the hollow portion. Apply a little water on the edges, close mould and press firmly. Remove extra dough.
• Keep gujiyas covered with a damp cloth.
• Repeat the process till you have consumed all the dough and filling.
• Heat oil for deep frying and fry gujiya until its golden brown on the outside.
• let them cool a little and serve sprinkled with powdered cinnamon sugar.

courtesy chef Vineet, Street Foods by Punjab Grill, lite Bite Foods