On this holi, enjoy sugar-free Gujjias and Puran Poli. Sugar-free sweets are healthy sweets and you can prepare them at home.

Gujjias
Ingredients you need:
- 1 cup Wheat flour
- 3 tbsp Ghee
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1/2 litre Oil (for frying)
For stuffing:
- 1 cup Grated coconut ( fresh or dried)
- Dates puree ( instead of sugar)
- 1 1/2 cups Milk
- chopped dried fruits
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
- 1 tbsp Poppy seeds
How to prepare Gujiya:
- Combine the salt, flour and ghee, add water and knead the mixture to prepare dough. Cover it with wet cloth and set aside for a while.
- Soak the dates one night before and y blend them the next day. Your dates puree is prepared to be used instead of sugar. Test its sweetness before mixing it with the dough.
- For stuffing- cook coconut, date puree milk, chopped dried fruits, cardamom powder and poppy seeds until this mixture becomes dry.
- Divide the dough into 20-25 small parts and make them into flat round pancakes. Stuff them with a spoon of prepared mixture and fold the pancake from the centre.
- You can create the fluted crescent border with a cutter. Remove the excess dough. Seal the border with little milk or oil. Keep the raw gujjia aside.
- In a wok (karahi), heat the oil for 2-3 minutes; make at least 3-4 raw gujjias at a time and fry them until they turn golden brown.
- Remove the gujjias in a paper bowl and let them cool. After 20 mins, you can savour the sugar-free gujjias. Store them in an airtight container.
Puran Poli

Ingredients you need:
- 1 cup Maida (all purpose flour)
- 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
- 1 pinch Salt
- 2 tsp Ghee
- Water to make dough
- 6 tbsp Oil
- Oil / Ghee for frying
For stuffing:
- 1 1/2 cup Jaggery (gud)
- 1 1/4 cup Bengal Gram Dal
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
How to prepare Puran Poli:
- Mix ghee, salt and turmeric powder with maida, add water and knead to make smooth dough.
- Cover with a wet cloth for one hour and knead again.
- Pour 6 tablespoons of oil on the dough and knead until it gets completely absorbed. Keep it aside for 4 hours.
- Boil dal in one whistle and drain the water.
- Grind it with jaggery and cardamom powder to make a paste. Do not add water.
- Prepare small balls of stuffing. Divide the dough into small balls and flatten them.
- Put the stuffing ball in the dough ball and seal it with other side of the ball.
- Make a proper round of the stuffed dough and prepare a thick puri with it.
- Fry it on a tawa pouring ghee on both sides. Let it cook from both sides. Your Puran Poli is ready to be served.
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