Baked Karanji

Ingredients list for Baked Karanji

• 1 cup Whole wheat flour (atta)
• + for greasing Ghee 2-3 tablespoons
• 1½ cups Scraped coconut
• 1 cup Jaggery (gur) grated
• ½ teaspoon Green cardamom powder
• 1 teaspoon Poppy seeds (khuskhus/posto)

Method

1. Preheat oven at 180ºC. Grease a baking tray with ghee.
2. Take flour in a bowl. Add ghee and sufficient water and knead into a stiff dough. Set aside.
3. Heat a non-stick pan. Add coconut and jaggery, mix well and cook for 5-7 minutes.
4. Add cardamom powder and poppy seeds and mix well. Transfer in a bowl and cool to room temperature.
5. Divide dough into equal portions, apply some ghee and roll out into thick discs. Put a spoonful of coconut mixture on one side, bring the other side over it, press edges and pinch the edges to give a pattern.
6. Place the karanjis on the greased tray, put tray in the preheated oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.
7. Serve hot.