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Gangaur gune
गणगौर के गुणे: small ribbed shapes of ghee-rich dough fried crisp and dipped in syrup for Gangaur
Gangaur, Rajasthan's spring festival for Gauri, is when women fast and pray for their husbands and married daughters receive a sindhara of sweets from home, and gune are always in it. A ghee-rich dough is rolled thin, pleated or pressed into ribbed shapes and fried crisp, then dipped in sugar syrup or jaggery. They are crunchy, flaky and lightly sweet. The common mistake is under-rubbing the ghee into the flour, which makes them hard rather than short and flaky. Chef's tip: rub until the flour holds a clear fist mark when squeezed; that is when the gune will shatter, not crack.
- Total time
- 75 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 10
Ingredients
For the dough
- 9 oz plain flour (maida)
- 2 ⅛ oz gheemelted
- ½ cup wateras needed
For frying and syrup
- 3 cups ghee or oil for deep-frying
- 7 oz sugar
- ½ cup water
- ½ tsp ground cardamom
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Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Rub 2 ⅛ oz ghee into 9 oz plain flour (maida) for 4–5 minutes until it holds a fist mark when squeezed.
5 minStep 2: Add ½ cup water a little at a time and press into a firm dough. Cover and rest 20 minutes.
22 minStep 3: Roll out thinly (2 mm), cut into 8 × 4 cm strips, pleat each strip like a fan and press the base to seal, or press over a fork to make ribs.
15 minStep 4: Heat 3 cups ghee or oil for deep-frying in a kadhai, no more than a third full, to about 325°F: a scrap of dough should rise slowly with fine bubbles. Never leave the oil unattended.
5 minStep 5: Fry the gune in batches on medium-low heat for 5–6 minutes until pale gold and crisp right through. Drain and cool.
20 minStep 6: Boil 7 oz sugar and ½ cup water to a one-string syrup, about 6 minutes, and stir in ½ tsp ground cardamom.
6 minStep 7: Dip the cooled gune in the warm syrup for a few seconds, lift onto a rack and leave until the glaze dries. Keeps airtight for 2 weeks.
5 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 45 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does gangaur gune take?
- About 75 minutes in total: 40 minutes to prepare and 35 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 10 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of plain flour (maida)?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of ghee?
- Butter, same amount (keep the heat a little lower, butter burns sooner).
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