Matar karanji/ peas half-moon dumplings
Matar karanji/ peas half-moon dumplings

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, matar karanji/ peas half-moon dumplings. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Fold over the other half of the circle to make a half moon shape. Press and seal the edge taking care that air pockets do not form inside. Use a Karanji cutter or a small fluted pastry cutter/wheel to remove excess dough and shape the Karanji.

Matar karanji/ peas half-moon dumplings is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Matar karanji/ peas half-moon dumplings is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook matar karanji/ peas half-moon dumplings using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Matar karanji/ peas half-moon dumplings:
  1. Take 250 gms Peeled Green peas
  2. Prepare 1 cup Fresh grated coconut
  3. Take 1 tsp Garlic paste
  4. Prepare to taste Sugar
  5. Get to taste Salt
  6. Prepare 1 tsp Cumin/ jeera
  7. Prepare 1 tsp Garam masala
  8. Get Oil for frying
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp Lemon juice (optional)
  10. Make ready Dough
  11. Get 3 cups wheat Flour
  12. Take 1 tbspn hot Oil
  13. Take 1 tsp ajwain
  14. Take 1 tsp salt

Matar Karanji or Matar Gujiya is an common Maharashtrian snack made using green peas. Green peas along with coriander leaves, green chilies and garlic makes this snack spicy and tasty. Cooking the peas mixture: make tadka of oil, cumin and hing. Later add dry masalas ,put peas, coconut, lemon juice, salt and sugar.

Instructions to make Matar karanji/ peas half-moon dumplings:
  1. Coarse crush the green peas.
  2. Take oil in a pan add jeera add garlic paste and saute.
  3. Add green peas and cook for 5 mins.
  4. Add salt, sugar, garam masala and mix well.
  5. Add grated fresh coconut and cook for 5-10 mins.
  6. Add 1 tbspn of lemon juice and mix well.
  7. Let it cool. Mix wheat flour,salt, hot oil,ajwain and knead a dough.
  8. Roll out poori and fill the peas mixture on half side of puri and fold the half portion on mixture to form half moon shape.
  9. Ensure edges are sticked properly and deep fry till golden brown.
  10. Ready to serve as it is or with tomato ketchup.

Learn how to make Green peas Karanji, with fresh or frozen peas. In this recipe I have used frozen peas, however if you use fresh peas, first par boil them to decrease the cooking time. Matar Karanji/ Gujiya is an indulgent Maharashtrian snack made using seasonal fresh green peas. Green peas and fresh coconut along with a few other spices are stuffed in a crisp flour pastry and then deep fried till golden brown. Matar Karanji is usually served as a tea time snack but you can make mini, bite sized karanjis and serve them as a party appetizer or snack.

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