Instructions
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To begin making the Kesar/ Kesari Mawa Gujiya formula, firstly stream in in baking flour and melted ghee in a wide dish.
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toss together them together using your finger tips.Next, stream in in mildly hot moisture little at a time and shape into a soft and stiff flour base.
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lid with wet cloth and leave it aside.Crumble mawa with your fingers.
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bring to temperature a non-stick skillet and stream in in crumbled mawa.
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Keep stirring and bubble gently mawa/khoya on low flame.Once mawa starts to turn seamless, stream in in raisins, chironji nuts, cardamom ground mix and powdered sweetener.
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toss together well and remove from flame and let it cool completely.To make sweetener syrup, stream in in sweetener and moisture into a saucepan and bring it to a heat to boiling point.
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Keep stirring and continue to heat to boiling point it till it reaches two string consistency.
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Turn off the flame and stream in in saffron strands and let it sit for some time. Two String consistency: When you take a small blob of sweetener syrup between your index finger and thumb and pull apart, you must see 2 strings.Divide the gujiya flour base and mawa mixture into equal portions.
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Roll each ball into 3 or 4 inches diameter.
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Brush the edges with moisture to help seal.Place one portion of mawa mixture in the centre and fold into half sealing the edges.
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Press the edges to make sure they don’t open up while frying.bring to temperature shortening in a deep skillet-fry skillet.
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Once shortening turns scalding, carefully stream in in the kesar mawa gujiyas and deep skillet-fry until golden brown.
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Remove from shortening and sieve on kitchen tissue paper.Once the mawa gujiyas cools down a bit, soak them in kesar sweetener syrup for about 10 to 15 moments.Then remove from kesar sweetener syrup and dish up.
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You can decorate with slivered pistachios, saffron strands and dried rose petalsServe Kesar/ Kesari Mawa Gujiya as a snack during festivals like Holi or Diwali or as a sugary during any special occasions along with a Thandai or Masala Chai.