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All that playing and dunking family and friends in colour can make you hungry! Try out these recipes for a sumptuous Holi...

Gujia (Makes about 40 gujias)

Ingredients:

500 gms maida (flour)

1 kg khoya

3 tbsps kismis (raisins)

200 gms almonds (cut into thin strips)

6 tbsps cooking oil (keep some more aside for deep frying)

200 ml water

500 gms sugar

200 gms grated cheese (optional)

Other ingredients:

1. Ghee: 1/2 cup

Bhang leafs: 1/2 cup

Method:

Heat ghee in a pan. Add bhang. Cook on medium heat till the ghee starts to take the green colour from bhang.

Turn off the heat. Wait about 5 minutes.Mix six tablespoons of oil with the maida.

Now, add some water as required and knead into soft dough. Set aside and cover with a damp cloth. Fry khoya in a deep-frying pan to a light brown colour.

Add sugar, almonds and kismis into the khoya and mix well. Add ghee and bhang.

Remove from the fire and let it cool.Roll out the kneaded dough into a small and thick chapati.

Fill half the chapati with the khoya and cheese mixture and seal the round, twisting the edges inwards.Deep-fry these gujias to a deep golden brown color on slow flame.

Take them out with a sieve type ladle and drain the oil completely.

(Courtesy: Tivoli Garden Hotels, Chattarpur)