Goan Neureos
Deep-fried pastry crescents filled with coconut-jaggery mixture. Essential Goan Christmas sweet.
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Ingredients
- Coconut Oil — 130 g
- salt — 1 g
- raisins — 20 g
- Coconut — 200 g
- Cardamom Powder — 2 g
- Jaggery — 150 g
- Water — 110 g
- All-purpose Flour — 250 g
- Cashew Nuts — 20 g
- sesame seeds — 15 g
Method
- Rub 30 g oil and salt into flour. Knead with water into a stiff dough.
- Cover and rest the dough for 30 minutes.
- Dry roast sesame seeds till they pop.
- Cook coconut and jaggery till the mix is thick and dry.
- Add sesame, chopped cashews, raisins and cardamom. Cool the filling.
- Roll small thin rounds, fill a spoon of filling, fold and seal edges.
- Trim edges with a cutter wheel for a frilly border.
- Fry in hot oil on medium flame till light golden.
- Drain, cool and store in an airtight box.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Goan Neureos?
- 448 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 60 min — 40 min prep, 20 min cooking.