Karigadab - Karnataka Style Karanji / Gujhiya Recipe

Step 1: To prepare Karigadabu – Karnataka Style Karanji recipe, heat ghee in a Tadka pan

Step 2: Mix wheat flour, rice flour and semolina in a bowl

Step 3: Pour hot ghee to this flour and semolina mixture evenly

Step 4: Ghee bubbles up the flour where it comes in contact with it, so pour in the ghee slowly

Step 5: Mix with fingers after a minute

Step 6: The mixture will look like bread crumbs

Step 7: This will ensure you get nice flaky pastry once fried

Step 8: Now add water to knead the pastry dough

Step 9: Let the dough be stiff and not too soft

Step 10: Knead it till the pastry dough is smooth

Step 11: Cover the pastry dough with a damp cloth and let it rest till the filling is prepared

Step 12: For the filling, powder fried gram, cardamom, and sugar in a Mixer Grinder

Step 13: To this mixture, add grated coconut and mix well

Step 14: Now remove the damp cloth off the pastry dough

Step 15: Knead it again for a minute or two, and make small lemon sized balls

Step 16: Take a ball of pastry dough and roll it into a very thin disk of around 4 inches diameter (around 2mm thick)

Step 17: Keep the rest of the dough balls covered in damp cloth while doing this

Step 18: Now place 1 tablespoon of sweet filling on one-half of the rolled pastry

Step 19: Brush the edges with water, using a pastry brush/finger

Step 20: Fold half of the pastry dough over the sweet filling on the other half to make a semi-circle

Step 21: Press the edges ensuring no gaps are left

Step 22: Keep the prepared Karanji/Karigadubu on a plate and keep them covered with damp cloth until all the Karigadubus are prepared

Step 23: Otherwise, they will get dry and break

Step 24: Press the edges with fork to give it a pattern and further secure the edges

Step 25: Repeat this with all the pastry dough balls by filling the sweet filling and securing it within

Step 26: Heat the oil in a deep Kadai over medium heat

Step 27: Once the oil is hot drop karigadubu one by one and fry them on a medium heat till golden in color

Step 28: Cool the Karigadabu completely before storing it in an air-tight container

Step 29: Serve Karigadubu as an evening snack or as a dessert during Karnataka Style Festive meal