Diwali Sweets, Sweets, Vinayakar Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi Recipes

KARJIKAI/DIWALI SWEETS

May 4, 2016 by Nithya Leave a comment
I never had a sweet tooth, but have always awed at my mom who used to make sweets and savories with much ease.In my growing years in New Delhi,when kitchen was almost unknown to me,every now and then a new delicacy would pop up and surprise us.This is one such traditional recipe which my mother made and that too in no time.I have also seen my grandma who used to sit painstakingly near the stove to make these deep fried dumplings.

As I had this post long pending in my draft,i thought of posting this today.Children nowadays have a liking of desserts like doughnuts,cakes and pastries,but have you ever thought that in our Indian Cuisine there are innumerable desserts that you might have not even heard of.This Karjikai is a sweet made with maida dough which is rolled as a chapati and filled with sweet filling of coconut,roasted gram and sugar.As you can see it is in the shape of semi circle.Besides making this sweet for Diwali,people also make this for Ganesh Chaturthi.But you can make this at any time of the year to treat your loved ones,right?Over to this sweet recipe of Karjikai.

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 KARJIKAI/DIWALI SWEETS
 I never had a sweet tooth, but have always awed at my mom who used to make sweets and savories with much ease.In my growing years in New Delhi,when kitchen was almost unknown to me,every now and then a new delicacy would pop up and surprise us.This is one such traditional recipe which my mother made and that too in no time.I have also seen my grandma who used to sit painstakingly near the stove to make these deep fried dumplings. As I had this post long pending in my draft,i thought of posting this today.Children nowadays have a liking of desserts like doughnuts,cakes and pastries,but have you ever thought that in our Indian Cuisine there are innumerable desserts that you might have not even heard of.This Karjikai is a sweet made with maida dough which is rolled as a chapati and filled with sweet filling of coconut,roasted gram and sugar.As you can see it is in the shape of semi circle.Besides making this sweet for Diwali,people also make this for Ganesh Chaturthi.But you can make this at any time of the year to treat your loved ones,right?Over to this sweet recipe of Karjikai.
Course dessert
Cuisine 		indian
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Prep Time 		10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings
piece
Ingredients
Course dessert
Cuisine indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings
piece
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Sieve maida,salt and cooking soda.
  2. Add rava. and mix well.
  3. Add sugar now.
  4. Adding water knead to a soft and pliable dough.
  5. After 10 Minutes make small balls out them.
  6. Meanwhile let us make the stuffing.First of all dry roast coconut.
  7. Once cooled transfer it to a blender with sugar and roasted gram.
  8. Pulse it at repeated intervals to a nice powder.
  9. Using the balls which we had made earlier roll it out like a chapathi.
  10. Place the filling inside.
  11. Take a press or mould for sweet somas.
  12. Place the rolled out dough or stuffing inside this mould.
  13. Press gently with your fingers.Remove the outer layer simply by peeling.
  14. Take the somas out.To give shape with the help of a fork make impressions on corners.
  15. Heat oil in a pan and drop in karjikais one by one.
  16. Once golden brown take them out.
  17. Repeat the same for all karjikais.
  18. Delicious sweet somas ot somasi or Karjikais are ready.Enjoy and share it with your loved ones.
Recipe Notes

Notes

You can use copra in place of coconut.

In place of sugar,you can add powdered jaggery.

You can also pulse and add any nuts of your choice in the filling.