Nevry

Ingredients

Oil for frying 

For dough

• 2 cups wheat flour
• 1 cup semolina (rawa)
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup hot oil

Stuffing

• 1 cup desiccated coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 10 chopped cashews
• 1/2 cup sesame
• 1/2 cup khus khus (poppy seeds)
• 1 tsp cardamom powder

Method

For dough

Mix all the ingredients for dough 

Knead well with water to make a hard dough

Cover with wet cloth and keep aside 

For stuffing 

Heat a pan

Add the sesame and sauté on medium heat till crunchy

Pour in a bowl and keep aside

In same pan sauté the khus khus till lightly browned

Pour in the bowl with sesame and let cool

Mix in rest of the ingredients and keep aside

To make nevrys 

Take a small ball of dough and roll into a chapati 

Put just enough filling such that the chapati can be folded into half. 

Seal the edges together with water and cut off the extra

Heat oil and deep fry the Nevry till done.

Makes : 2 dozen