Rava Karanji – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take rava in a blender jar.
• Add salt, oil and blend it.
• When rava gets well coated with oil, add maida and blend again.
• Add water and blend everything once more. The mixture should come together nicely like dough.
• Transfer the dough into a dish.
• Knead the dough once to make it smooth and even.
• Cover and rest the dough for about 15-20 minutes.
• Take potatoes in a bowl.
• Add red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala, cumin powder, chat masala, salt, coriander leaves and mix everything together.
• You can do variations in this stuffing according to your choice and taste.
• Stuffing is all ready.
• Take the dough and knead it once more.
• Take small portion from it and make it smooth and even.
• Roll it into pari neither too thick nor too thin. The pari should be of medium thickness.
• Fill the stuffing and close it up. Seal the edges well.
• You can spread a little water along the edges if you want.
• Make a design along the edge with a fork.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Drop karanji in hot oil and fry it well on low to medium heat from both sides.
• When lower side gets nice golden color flip the karanji over and fry from other side too.
• When karanji gets nice golden color from both sides, take it out, drain excess oil and transfer it into a dish.
• Karanji is all ready.
• You can make about 10-12 karanjya from the proportion we used.