Nikhil Tyagi/Saharanpur: Gujiya dish is more popular as a sweet during the festival of Holi. The mouth is sweetened by feeding this dish to the guests who have come to play Holi. Gujiya dish is prepared in many ways. To make it, khoya made from milk, semolina, flour, ghee, sugar, dry fruits etc. are used. This is a very tasty sweet.
Maniram, an artisan from Saharanpur, told that he had come to Saharanpur from Agra 20 years ago. Maniram used to work in making sweets in Agra and in Saharanpur also he started the work of making sweets. He told that now Gujiya is more in demand among sweets during the festival of Holi. The identity of Holi is to play with colors. The practice of celebrating Holi by feeding Gujiya sweets has been going on since ancient times. He told that in earlier times women used to make Gujiya at home. Now with the changing times, people celebrate the festival of Holi by buying this sweet from the market.
How to make Gujiya at home?
Artisan Maniram told that you can use an easy method to make Gujiya at home. To make Gujiya, flour, semolina, sugar, khoya ghee, dry fruits etc. are required. He told that first the dough for Gujiya is prepared by mixing some ghee and water in the flour. After that the khoya is roasted on low flame. After cooling the khoya, dry fruits like almonds, chironji, cashew nuts, raisins etc. are added to it.
How to make Gujiya
The artisan told that after the Gujiya material is ready, sugar syrup is prepared. After this, the outer layer of Gujiya is prepared from the dough made from refined flour and khoya and dry fruits are filled in it and it is closed like a samosa. Maniram told that when the Gujiya is ready, it is fried in ghee until it becomes light brown in color and then the Gujiya is left in sugar syrup for some time. The artisan told that after some time the Gujhiya is taken out from the syrup and kept in a closed box or vessel. Gujiya tastes very tasty when eaten after it cools down.
,
Tags: food, food 18, hindi news, Holi celebration, Local18
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 15, 2024, 14:06 IST
