Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, chashni wali gujiya | chasni gujiya | mawa gujiya is a vegetarian north india sweet made with maida / plain flour, salt, and ghee / clarified butter in about 70 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 60 minutes
  • Total time: 70 minutes
  • Yield: 10 Servings
  • Category: sweet
  • Cuisine: north india

Ingredients

for dough:

  • 2 cup maida / plain flour
  • ¼ tsp salt (optional)
  • ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
  • ½ cup water

for instant mawa or khova (200 grams):

  • 1 tsp butter
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 cup milk powder

for stuffing:

  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp cashew / kaju (chopped)
  • 2 tbsp raisins / kishmish
  • 2 tbsp pistachios (chopped)
  • 2 tbsp almonds / badam (chopped)
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder

for sugar syrup:

  • 1½ cup sugar
  • 1½ cup water
  • few thread saffron / kesar
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder

other ingredients:

  • oil for frying

Method

  1. knead the dough and pinch a small ball sized dough and roll it to a ball.
  2. with the help rolling pin roll to slightly thick puris and cut it with a round cup.
  3. now place a tbsp of the prepared mawa dry fruit stuffing
  4. shape the gujiya with your hand or using a mould.
  5. furthermore, deep fry the mawa gujiya in medium hot oil until it turns golden brown.
  6. drain over the kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
  7. cool the gujiya for 2 minutes, and then drop into the prepared sugar syrup.
  8. coat the sugar syrup both sides and rest for 5 minutes.
  9. finally, enjoy chasni wali gujiya immediately or cool completely before storing in an airtight container.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.