Holi or Diwali, gujiyas are a must in North India. Gujiyas are popular homemade sweets in Bihar, UP, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan. While I now I am in Gurgaon and my mom used to send gujiyas during Holi.  There are several kinds of gujiyas that are there in different cultures. This post is about mawa gujiya with a healthy twist and how to make them at home.  Gujiya Memories Around Holi, when you open social media, you see so many recipes of gujiya floating around. Everyone is talking about their childhood memories of gujiya. Incidentally, my husband and daughter are a big admirer of traditional sweets. My husband being very health conscious these years I decided to give a healthy twist to Gujia .So taking my mother tips, Thanks to that, I got to learn that the mawa needs to be browned and not just softened. These are the small tips and tricks which only your mother tells you.  For Holi this year i planned to make Gujias with one of my friends Nisha . Nisha is from Udaipur and she went down memory lane with her gujiya stories. How her mother and her help prepared gujiyas the entire day and how it was her resposibility to put the gujiyas’ to bed’. Meaning, she had to keep the trays of unfried gujiya in a cool place and cover them wth a paper or a cloth. In the evening, her mother would start frying them and the whole house would be filled with the scent of ghee. Nisha’s mom used to make a trunk full of gujiyas which used to last them a month and every guest who would come in would be treated to those sweet deep fried goodness.  Presenting my recipe for No fry No sugar recipe . Gujia 1 bowl roasted khoya 250gms 1/4 bowl roasted rawa 1/4 bowlmixed nuts 1/4 bowl mixed chopped dates and raisins A pinch saffron 1/4 tqp cardamom powder Mix all together For dough 2 bowl Maida 1 tsp ghee Mix well Maida and ghee and make soft dough using chiled  water Roll the dough and stuff the gujiys using mould Preheat Airfryer/ Oven at 180C Airfry/bake the Gujiyas for 20 min. Brush oil / ghee once afyer 10 min Relish guilt free . This #Holi indulge yourself in #gujia and de stress your mind with cool #thandai. Don’t forget to share your Holi special sweets with your loved ones. Health bhi taste bhi 🔴🟠🟡🔵🟣🟤 Happy Holi

Happh holi