Karanji Odia Recipe – The typical authentic Odia Pitha – ଓଡିଶା ର ପ୍ରିୟ ପିଠା ପଣା – Prepared by Adyasha Padhi

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Ingredients for Karanji କଣ କଣ ଦରକାର କରଞ୍ଜି ପାଇଁ :-

For Dough:
• 1 cup All Purpose Flour/Maida
• 1/4 cup Sooji/Rawa
• 2 tsp Oil
• 1/2 cup warm Milk
• pinch of Salt

For Filling

• 1 tsp Poppy Seeds/KhasKhas
• 1 tsp Sooji / Rawa
• 1 cup Dry Grated Coconut
• 1 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
• Assorted Nuts(Cashew,Pista,etc)

Extra

• 2 tsp Rice Flour
• 2 tsp Ghee
• Oil for frying

Procedure :- How to prepare Karanji in Oriya style :-କରଞ୍ଜି ବନାଇବା ପ୍ରଣାଳୀ

For Cover/Coating

• Heat up 2 tsp oil.Mix all purpose flour,sooji,salt in to a bowl and pour hot oil over it.
• Mix well till the time mixture becomes crumbly.
• Pour warm milk slowly to make medium consistency dough,not too hard and too soft.
• Cover and keep the dough for 30 mts.
• For Filling / Stuffing
• Dry roast sooji and poppy seeds separately till the time they get light brown color.
• Add coconut to dry roasted sooji and poppy seeds,add sugar,cardamom powder,dry fruits and mix well.

To make Karanji:

• Take the dough and again knead to make it smooth.
• Divide dough in to 3 equal parts.
• Roll them in to three thin roti.
• Mix rice flour and ghee to make it smooth and creamy.
• Now take one thin roti,spread rice flour mixture evenly on it,place another roti on the top of it,again spread rice flour mixture.
• Now place third roti, roll it evenly from all the sides to make it little thin.
• Again spread some rice flour mixture.
• Now start to roll these three rotis together like Swiss Roll.
• Stretch it out little bit,now divide it in to equal parts.
• Take ball and roll like poori, add stuffing,apply milk around its edges and seal the karanji well.
• Use fork and make some design around karanji.
• Now deep fry till the time it gets nice golden color.