CREAM CHEESE व गुळा च्या कारंजा व मोदक | CREAM CHEESE के गुजीयां और मोदक | CREAM CHEESE AND JAGGERY EMPHANADAS AND DUMPLINGS

"MODAK" is sweet dumpling that mainly consists of Coconut and Jaggery as Stuffing.It is fevorite sweet food of 'Ganapati Bapp" or "Lord Ganesh".It is must thing in Ganapati festival.

I have made Modak using Cream Cheese as stuffing instead of Coconut."Karanji or Karanja (Plural) or Gujiya is just another form because the stuffing and dough is the same.Basically,both can be made using any kind stuffing.

Let us learn the Recipe.

INGEDIENTS:

• FOR STUFFING

     1.Cream Cheese - 1/2 Lbs or 400 Grams (Should be refridgerated and not thawed)
     2.JaggeryPowder - 2/3 Cup

• DOUGH

1. 1-1/4 Cup wheat flour
2. Water as needed
3. Salt -Just a Pinch
4. Little Oil.
5. Flour for dusting as needed.
   

• OIL for Frying.

STEPS:

• Keep oil on heat frying on a medium flame.By the time we are ready to fry,the oil will be hot enough.

STUFFING :

• In a large bowl,mix Cream cheese and Jaggery very well.It becomes like dough
• Now make balls of around an inch as shown in photo below.It makes around 16 to 18 balls.
• Keep it back to refridgerate again.
• Take out just when you are ready to stuff them.
  
  

DOUGH:

• Knead the dough with salt and Water as needed. Make sure that dough is neither stiff nor loose.It has to be just soft.
• At end add oil so that all the flour sticking to bowl is included in dough.
• Make the balls such that thye are little bigget than Cream cheese balls.It makes around 16 to 18 balls.
  

MODAK : 

• Roll the dough with rolling pin.Use Flour for dusting to avoid any stickiness.
• The rolled sheet is supposed to be around 4 inches in diameter.Do not rol too thin.Or else,cheese may flow in the oil.
• Keep a ball in the circle and make modak.
  
• Then deep fry until golden brown.You can deep fry more than one modak at a time depending upon how big is your vessel and how much oil you are using
  

KARANJI or GUJIYA

• Roll the dough ball just like we did for modak.
• Keep the cheese ball in any one halves and spread a little bit.
• Now cover it with remaing half of the dough sheet.
• Close the ends realy well.You can also make nice design using fork as shown in the Photo.
  
• Deep Fry and until golden brown.
• Just like Modaks, more than one Karanji can be fried at a time.
  
  
  
  

TIPS:

• Dry fruits can also be added to stuffing.
• Refridgerate them if you are planning to use for several days and reaheat before eating.