Sesame Seeds Karanji – Crispy and perfectly flavoured

November 4, 2022
Posted by Oddy Uniwraps

About the Recipe

Karanji is a sweet snack from the Maharashtrian cuisine and often made during festivals. Karanjis are stuffed with a mix of shredded coconut, dried fruits, sesame seeds and delightful seasonings. Use Oddy Uniwraps Brown paper foil to store them for long.

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Ingredients

Semolina - 1 cup
Flour - 1 cup
Salt, Oil and Milk
Sesame - 1/4 kg
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Cashews and Almonds
Jaggery - 1 cup
Cardamom powder
Nutmeg

Directions

Grind 1 cup of semolina and prepare its powder. Add grinded semolina powder and one cup flour in a plate. Add some salt and 2 tbsp of hot oil and stir together.
Mix flour and oil well with hand. Add milk little by little and knead the dough. Leave the kneaded dough to soak for 4-5 hours. Put 1/4 kg cup of sesame in a pan and roast it.
Cool the roasted sesame seeds. Put 1/2 cup grated coconut in a pan and roast the coconut. Grind the cooled sesame seeds. Then grind the roasted coconut, almonds and cashews.
Take the prepared coconut and sesame powder in a plate and put 1 cup jaggery in it. Mix the mixture with your hands and then mix it with a mixer.
Add cardamom powder and grate 1/2 nutmeg to the saran in the plate and stir together. Make a small ball of soaked flour. Roll thin puris of the ball.
Place the prepared puris in the mold and fill the prepared saran in it. Press the mold and prepare karanji as shown in video.
Take out the karanji from the mold. Prepare all the karanjis in same way. Use Oddy Uniwraps brown paper foil to keep them and store for longer duration.
Drop the karanjis in medium hot oil and fry them on both sides to the colour you want.

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