Karanji

This is a north Indian dish mainly……….this is made with many types of fillings,sweet and spicy…………I made this with spicy chicken filling.We can make it with coconut sweet filling………in our place this is made in small,small shapes and it is called “Irachi vada”………

Ingredients:
For Outer Covering:
1c Maida
¼ c Semolina
Salt
Water

For Filling :

1c Chicken cooked and shredded
1 Onion
1 Tomato
½ tsp Ginger garlic paste
¼tsp Turmeric powder
½tsp Red chilly powder
½ tsp Garam masala powder
1tbsp Oil
Oil for frying

Method:

1.Mix maida,salt and water and knead well to thick dough.
2.In a pan heat little oil.
3.Add chopped onions and sauté well.
4.Add ginger garlic paste and sauté well.
5.Add the turmeric powder and red chilly powder and sauté well.
6.Now add the chopped tomatoes and sauté well.
7.Now add the cooked chicken shredded and mix well with the masala.
8.Add garam masala powder and mix well.
9.Now make small balls out of the dough and roll into a small flat disc.
10.Place a little filling in a side of the flattened disc as bellow:

11.Now close the filling with the other portion and seal the sides with hand.
12.Now it will look like a half moon shape.

13.Heat oil in a kadai for frying.
14.When the oil is hot fry the karanjis into light brown and crispy.
15.Serve hot.