Nuereos with Coconut Filling

Nuereos with Coconut Filling

Nuereos consists of shredded coconut, nuts and jaggery. This version uses the coconut filling. It's savoured as snacks in Christmas in Goa.

Ingredients:

500 gms all-purpose flour

6-7 tbsps of ghee (non melted)

Water to knead dough

1 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut

1/2 cup cashews finely chopped

1/2 cup small raisins finely chopped

1/2 cup almonds cut into very thin slices

1/2 kg sugar

1/2 cup water

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Vegetable/sunflower/canola oil or ghee for deep frying

Preparation:

In a flat dish, mix the flour and ghee to form a crumbly mix that just about holds together.

 Add water a little at a time and knead to form firm dough. When done, cover the dough with a damp tea towel or muslin and keep it aside.

Roast the coconut on a very low flame till it is a pale reddish color. Keep aside.

Mix the sugar and water in a pan and cook till the sugar is fully melted. Now allow to thicken a little.

Add the coconut, raisins, cashews, almonds and cardamom powder and mix well. Remove from fire and keep aside to cool.

Divide the prepared dough into equal sized-portions and make them into balls.

Roll these balls out into circles about 4-5" wide.

Put a heaped tablespoon of filling in the centre of each circle and fold over into a semi-circle. Pleat the edges to seal and keep aside. Repeat the filling process for all the circles.

Once all your dough and filling is used up, heat oil on a medium flame and deep fry the gujias.

Drain them on paper towels and store in an air-tight container.