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    Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya | Sama Rice Dahi Gujiya

    Published: Sep 29, 2019 · Modified: Sep 23, 2020 by Srivalli · 6 Comments

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    Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya are stuffed moon shaped pies made with sama rice, khoya and nuts. This is a perfect dish for fasting or as an evening snack. This is a twist of the popular Dahi gujiya made with urad dal from Uttar Pradesh.

    Since I had to do two versions of Dahi Gujiya, I was checking out if there was another different version I can make, instead of just changing the lentil used. I came across this recipe and decided to go ahead.

    I made both versions together as I will have to have the assembling chutneys on hand and doing it at the same time takes care of so many things. To be frank, this sama rice version needs one to get used to it.

    Especially if you are eating the Urad dal dahi vada, one tends to compare and take calls. Everybody felt this version was slightly sour and spicy, both of which can be handled. However on the whole with curds and chutneys, it was fine for me.

    Barnyard Millet in English, Sama Rice is known Samvat ke Chawal in Hindi and by other names such as vari, varai, sanwa, sammulu (Telugu), Samai (Tamil), samwa and swang. Samo rice is one of the millets usually preferred during fasts. It is small and round in texture. This rice is smaller as compared to the rice grains

    As I always say the the Falahari Recipes are very interesting for me as we hardly have such dishes for our fasting time. So this Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya will surely be very handy.

    So for the 7th day of Mandatory Week of BM#104 Sweets & Snacks, I have two versions of Dahi Gujiya. If you want to read on the regular version, hop over to Spice your Life!

    Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya
    Week 1 - Sweets (Indian Halwas)

    Day 1 is Carrot Coconut Milk Halwa
    Day 2 is Singhara Ka Atta Halwa
    Day 3 is Kuttu Ka Halwa
    Day 4 is Rajgira Halwa
    Day 5 is Sweet Potato Halwa
    Day 6 is Akhrot Ka Halwa

    Week 2 - Snack from the same State (Rajasthan)

    Day 1 is Rajasthani Mirchi Vada
    Day 2 is Pudina Tikoni Paratdar Mathri
    Day 3 is Matar Kachori
    Day 4 is Rajasthani Methi Mathri
    Day 5 is Pyaz ki Kachori
    Day 6 is Kanji Wada

    Week 3 - Snack of our choice (Rice based Traditional Snacks)

    Day 1 is Kai Murukku
    Day 2 is Sakinalu
    Day 3 is Seepu Seedai
    Day 4 is Aval Murukku
    Day 5 is Mundhiri Murukku
    Day 6 is Spinach Murukku

    Week 4 - Mandatory Week

    Day 1 is Andhra - Pudina Pappu Chekkalu
    Day 2 is Gujarat Andhra - Tawa Handvo
    Day 3 is Madhya Pradesh - Ratlami Sev
    Day 4 is Maharashtra - Microwave No Oil Kothimbir Vadi
    Day 5 is Rajasthan - Kalmi Vada
    Day 6 is Tamil Nadu - Deep Fried Ooty Varkey

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    How to make Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya

    Step By Step Pictures to make Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya

    Dahi Gujiya Stuffing

    Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya 1 Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya 2 Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya 3 Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya 4 Millet Dahi Gujiya

    Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya | Sama Rice Dahi Gujiya

    Ingredients Needed:

    For the Bhalla

    1 cup Barnyard Millet / Sama Rice / Samai
    1/2 cup Arrowroot flour or Any vrat flour (add a teaspoon more if needed)
    Salt to taste
    1 tsp Red Chili Powder
    Cooking Oil for deep frying

    For the Stuffing

    15 to 20 nos Raisin
    15 Cashew nuts
    20 Almonds
    3 tbsp Khoya

    For Assembling

    2 cups Curds
    Salt to taste
    Green Chutney as required
    Imli Chutney as required
    Chat Masala as required
    Red Chili Powder as required
    Cumin Powder as required

    How to Make Holi Special Dahi Gujiya

    Wash the sama rice and soak for 10 mins. Add twice the amount of water and pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles or until cooked.
    Once the pressure falls down, when the rice can be handled, add salt and red chili powder and mix to a paste.
    Mix the cashews, raisins, khoya, and almonds together.
    Spread a wet cloth on a flat plate and take a lemon size of the sama rice paste, and pat it down on the wet cloth to a flat disc of 2.5 - 3 inches.
    Place a tsp of nuts stuffing on it. Now take the cloth from one side and made sure to cover the nuts with the rice disc.
    Make sure to seal the sides properly to ensure the stuffing doesn’t come out. Shape it as a gujiya and continue with the rest until you have enough to deep fry.
    Heat oil in a Kadai, when hot gently slide the gujiyas. Cook on all sides.
    Have a huge bowl of water side by and drop the fried gujiyas into it.
    Let it sit for 10 mins, squeeze out excess water and place on a serving plate.
    Whisk the curds to a smooth texture with salt, red chili to taste.
    Now pour the curds over the placed gujiyas, then drizzle green chutney, imli chutney.
    Next, sprinkle some red chili powder, chat powder, and cumin powder.
    Serve right away.

    Sama Rice Dahi Gujiya

    Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya
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    Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya | Sama Rice Dahi Gujiya

    Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya are stuffed moon shaped pies made with sama rice, khoya and nuts. This is a perfect dish for fasting or as an evening snack. This is a twist of the popular Dahi gujiya made with urad dal from Uttar Pradesh.
    Course Appetizers & Starters, Dinner
    Cuisine Utter Pradesh
    Keyword Diabetic Friendly Recipe, Fasting Dishes
    By Cook Method Deep Fried
    Occasion Holi
    By Diet Fasting Food, Gluten Free
    Dish Type Deep Fried Dishes, Festival Savories, Millets
    Author Srivalli

    Ingredients

    For the Bhalla

    • 1 cup Barnyard Millet / Sama Rice / Samai
    • Salt to taste
    • 1/2 cup Arrowroot Flour or Any vrat flour (add a teaspoon more if needed)
    • 1 tsp Red Chili powder
    • Cooking Oil for deep frying

    For the Stuffing

    • 15 to 20 Raisin
    • 15 Cashew Nuts
    • 20 Almonds
    • 3 tbsp Khoya

    For Assembling

    • 2 cups Curds
    • Salt to taste
    • Green Chutney as required
    • Imli Chutney as required
    • Chat Masala as required
    • Red Chili powder as required
    • Cumin Powder as required

    Instructions

    • Wash the sama rice and soak for 10 mins. Add twice the amount of water and pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles or until cooked.
    • Once the pressure falls down, when the rice can be handled, add salt and red chili powder and mix to a paste.
    • Mix the cashews, raisins, khoya, and almonds together.
    • Spread a wet cloth on a flat plate and take a lemon size of the sama rice paste, and pat it down on the wet cloth to a flat disc of 2.5 - 3 inches.
    • Place a tsp of nuts stuffing on it. Now take the cloth from one side and made sure to cover the nuts with the rice disc.
    • Make sure to seal the sides properly to ensure the stuffing doesn’t come out. Shape it as a gujiya and continue with the rest until you have enough to deep fry.
    • Heat oil in a Kadai, when hot gently slide the gujiyas. Cook on all sides.
    • Have a huge bowl of water side by and drop the fried gujiyas into it.
    • Let it sit for 10 mins, squeeze out excess water and place on a serving plate.
    • Whisk the curds to a smooth texture with salt, red chili to taste.
    • Now pour the curds over the placed gujiyas, then drizzle green chutney, imli chutney.
    • Next, sprinkle some red chili powder, chat powder, and cumin powder.
    • Serve right away.

    Notes

    Green Chutney as required
    Imli Chutney as required
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    1. Vaishali Sabnani says

      September 29, 2019 at 5:55 am

      Vrat ki Dahi Gujiya sounds interesting . I had heard about it , but never bothered to read about it . The Fariyali food absorbs lot of oil , so have always avoided .
      The Gujiyas look nice , but nothing can beat the urad daal ones that’s for sure !

      Reply
    2. Harini Rupanagudi says

      September 30, 2019 at 7:19 am

      Wow! this is truly innovative. As Vaishali said, the cooked saama definitely will absorb more oil. But a definitely good one for the fasting days.

      Reply
    3. Suma Gandlur says

      September 30, 2019 at 8:10 am

      They don't keep the farali foods simple, right? They have a version for every recipe it seems. That's a fantastic find, Valli. I was guessing that you might have used two different fillings but you have made the outer layer different too. Great job.

      Reply
    4. Amara says

      September 30, 2019 at 6:49 pm

      Like Suma, I also thought you would make gujiyas with a different filling but you came up with a different outer layer. Vrat ka khana, apt for the Navratri season. Gujiyas are mouthwatering.

      Reply
    5. Sushma Pinjala says

      October 03, 2019 at 2:10 am

      Sound interesting Valli, outer layer with millets sounds interesting.

      Reply
    6. Narmadha says

      October 29, 2019 at 12:17 am

      Very interesting, healthy recipe with millets. Looks so delicious and tempting pictures

      Reply

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