KARANJI 
Karanji/Kajjikayi are fried sweet dumplings made of wheat flour and stuffed with dry or moist coconut delicacies. They are a popular dish among the Maharastrians and the South Indians on the diwali season.
Ingredients
For cover
Fine Flour
: 1 cup
Ghee or Oil
: 7 tsps
Milk (any type of milk)
: 1/2 cup
Filling
Coconut Flakes
: 1 cup
Sugar
: 1/2 cup
Milk
: 1/2 cup
Roasted Poppy Seeds (optional)
: 2 spoons
Method
- Mix flour, ghee or oil well. Add milk slowly to make soft pliable dough. Keep it in a container and cover it.
- Mix those ingredients in a plastic container.
- Keep it in a microwave for three minutes. Once open it and stir it well
- Again keep it in microwave for 5-8 minutes till it becomes semi-dry. Filling will be ready.
- After the ingredients are well mixed, turn off heat, take the pan off the stove and add sugar. Mix well to incorporate.
- Now you can add cardamom powder, crushed almonds, and safron.Make small four inches or five inches rounds like thin chapathi's. Place one and a half spoon filling in one half of round.
- Fold over the other leaf sealing in the mixture. Seal edges by pressing with a fork, backwards. Make Karanji's and cover them with thin wet Muslin.
- Deep fry in hot gee or oil on low flame till brown on both sides.Put them on napkins.
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