Gujiya

Learn to make the popular Gujiya recipe that is a classic North Indian sweet of crisp, flaky pastry filled with khoya (milk solids) and nuts stuffing. Gujia is generally fried but in this recipe post, I am sharing both the fried and baked versions. Take your pick and enjoy making these traditional sweet for Holi or Diwali festival. Gujiya are crescent shaped filled pastry that are deep fried. The traditional gujiya recipe has a filling of sweeetned khoya or mawa (milk solids), cardamom and some nuts. These delish fried pastries resembles the Mexican empanadas. In fact gujia are very much popular in North India, especially during the Holi festival. You will get to see many variations of gujiya in the sweet shops during Holi. Gujia is made on both Holi and Diwali festivals. Karanji which is popular in Maharashtra has a stuffing of coconut, poppy seeds, sesame seeds and nuts. Whereas guijiya has a stuffing of khoya or mawa (dried milk solid)with nuts, dry fruits. In some variations desiccated coconut is also added. But I do not add coconut to the khoya stuffing. The varied and unique fillings give a completely different taste, texture and flavor to both the gujiya and karanji.