Karnataka

Karjikayi

Name: Karjikayi
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Karnataka
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/4 cup fine chiroti rava rava (semolina); a pinch salt; 2 tbsp hot ghee; Water, about 1/2 cup; 1 1/4 cups dry copra grated desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut); 1/3 cup hurigadale powdered roasted chana dal (roasted split chickpeas); 2 tbsp sesame seeds; 1 tbsp poppy seeds (white poppy seeds); 1/2 cup and 2 tbsp powdered sugar; 1/2 tsp cardamom; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for deep frying (about 1/3 cup absorbed)

Crisp half moons packed with coconut, sesame and sugar. Every festival tin needs these.

75 minTime

6 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

403kcal

6 gprotein

5 gfibre

75minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups

Rava (semolina)¼ cup fine chiroti rava

Salta pinch

Ghee2 tbsp, hot

Waterabout 1/2 cup

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)1¼ cups dry copra, grated

Roasted chana dal (roasted split chickpeas)⅓ cup hurigadale, powdered

Sesame seeds2 tbsp

Poppy seeds (white poppy seeds)1 tbsp

Sugar½ cup and 2 tbsp, powdered

Cardamom½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying (about 1/3 cup absorbed)

Method

5 steps

1Mix the maida, rava and salt. Rub in the hot ghee, then knead to a stiff, smooth dough with the water. Cover and rest 30 minutes.
2Lightly dry roast the copra, then the sesame and poppy seeds. Mix with the powdered hurigadale, sugar and cardamom.
3Roll small balls of dough into thin rounds. Put a spoon of filling on one half, fold, seal with a dab of water and crimp or trim the edge.
4Fry in medium hot oil in batches, turning, until pale golden and crisp.
5Drain, cool completely and store in an airtight tin.

Serve it like this

Arrange the half moons on a steel plate or in a festival tin lined with paper.

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