Holi is close by and the color festival is incomplete without a plate of mouth-watering gujias. The traditional dessert of Holi is famous not only in North India but also in Maharashtra. The combination of desi ghee, khoya, and ground coconut makes this dessert very tasty and fragrant. However, most people avoid eating gujiyas, because of the high calories. If you deviate from this delicious mouth-watering diet due to its high calories, you can change this popular taste by using healthy dough and filling. With the help of KENT gujiya Maker, you can also give the dough a healthy twist and try different types of gujiya recipes.
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Different Gujiya Holi varieties
Different options for healthy Gujiyas
Here are some healthy gujiya recipes that you can try delicious and at the same time do not increase your calorie count.
Wheat Gujiya
People who care about health completely avoid refined flour as it is dangerous to your health. However, you can also choose wheat flour instead of refined flour to provide a healthy twist for flavor. When it comes to filling, you can use coarse or unsweetened coconut to make a meal with a healthy twist. With the help of KENT Noodle and Pasta Maker, you can easily knead the dough and get a well-formed texture without any effort.
Gujiya baked
Gujiya Holi baked recipe:-
Although the true taste of gujiya comes out when you fry it, for health reasons this Holi prefers baked gujiya. Fried snacks are high in calories and you may end up gaining a few pounds. Therefore, instead of frying gujiyas, you can bake them to give a healthy twist. You can choose a healthy filling made with dried fruit or sooji. When it comes to flavor, baked gujias always taste better than fried ones. So, you can enjoy a healthy version of your favorite dessert without any charge.
Oats Gujiya
If you want to make mawa full of miss, you can try this gujiya recipe without mawa. The twist, however, is that you can only make delicious gujiya if you try this recipe. The fun gujiya also gives you a break from the boring fun gujijas that you do every Holi. The best part is that even diabetic patients can eat oats gujiyas without worrying about their sugar levels. Make this unique dish with wheat flour, dried fruit, and oats to surprise your guests.
How Can You Prepare Traditional Gujiya at Home?
In addition to the gujias mentioned above, let’s take a look at some traditional gujijas that you can easily repair at home. India is a land of multiculturalism and if you think that Gujijas are part of the provinces of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, then you are wrong. The Gujiya is a major part of Indian Holi, regardless of the region. Here are some of the Gujiya varieties from different parts of the country.
Karanji
Traditionally, Karanji is packed with dried, dried fruit, cardamom powder, peanut powder, and ground coconut sugar. You can have a baked version of these highly fried Indian sweets, by extracting coconut and sugar to prepare the same. You can use natural sweeteners and dried fruits as a paste.
How to make Karanji?
Ingredients:
Flour (making dumplings)
Milk
Dried fruit (all nuts)
Dried
Grinded Coconut
Cardamom Powder
Nutmeg powder
Sugar / Stevia / Molasses
Sesame seeds (grilled)
Oil or Ghee
Karanji Recipe
Heat the ghee in a pan and lightly fry the minced coconut in it. Finely chop all dried fruits and raisins. Combine with minced coconut. Add sugar, nutmeg powder, cardamom powder, and roasted sesame seeds to it.
Now, knead the dough with flour, melted ghee, and milk. Now remove the small pieces of dough dumplings. Peel a squash, grate it and squeeze the juice. Make sure you do not overdo it. Heat oil or ghee in a pan and fry the vegetables. Serve at room temperature.
Gughra
Another wonderful Indian miracle from Gujarat. This is done by preparing a mixture of Rava, coconut, and dried fruit. This paste is put into flour layers and fried. And with a healthy option, you can skip the use of concentrate and use a sweet drink like molasses. Also, unlike traditional ghugras mixed with sugar syrup, you can opt out of sugar syrup.
How to make Gughra?
Ingredients:
Flour (patty)
Minced coconut
Milk
Dried Fruit
Rawa
Cardamom Powder
Sugar / Stevia / Molasses
Oil or Ghee
Gujiya Recipe:-
Heat the ghee in a pan and lightly fry the minced coconut in it. Finely chop all dried fruit. Combine with minced coconut. Add sugar, cardamom powder, and roasted rawa to it. Now, knead the dough with flour, melted ghee, and milk. Now remove the small pieces of dough dumplings. Peel a squash, grate it and squeeze the juice. Make sure you do not overdo it. Heat oil or ghee in a pan and fry the vegetables. In another pan make a little sugar syrup and dip the Ghughras or fried Gujurus in it. Allow to cool and serve at room temperature.
Never
Now, you would never think that Goa works for gujiyas. However, Never is the goggles of Goa itself. It is most common among Goan Hindu families. It contains sugar, poppy seeds, and cardamom. Unlike the rest of the world, Never was renovated during the Ganesh Chaturthi period.
How to make Never
Ingredients:
Flour (making dumplings)
Milk
Poppy seeds
Grinded Coconut
Cardamom Powder
Sugar / Stevia / Molasses
Oil or Ghee
Never Recipe
Combine ground coconut, sugar, cardamom powder, and poppy seeds.
Now, knead the dough with flour, melted ghee, and milk. Now remove the small pieces of dough dumplings. Take out the small pieces, fill them with a fork and make Nevri dumplings. Make sure you do not overdo it. Heat oil or ghee in a pan and fry in Nevris. Serve at room temperature.
Karjikayi
Karjikayi is a delicious dish from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Unlike conventional gujias, these are dry. In contrast, these gujias are moist with texture and are packed with coconut and dried fruit. You can choose a healthy option by skipping refined sugar. You can choose stevia or molasses to act as a sweetening agent.
Karjikai Recipe
How to make Karjikai
Ingredients:
Flour (making dumplings)
Rice flour
Water
Roasted Gram Dal
Grinded Coconut
Cardamom Powder
Molasses / Stevia / Sugar
Oil or Ghee
Karjikayi Recipe:
Combine ground coconut, sugar, cardamom powder, and grated gram.
Now, knead the dough with flour, rice flour, melted ghee, and water. Now remove the small pieces of dough dumplings. Peel a squash, grate it and squeeze the juice. Make sure you do not overdo it. Heat oil or ghee in a pan and fry Karjikayi. Serve at room temperature.
These are some gujiya recipes that you can follow for holi 2022.
