Goan Neureo | Nevri Recipe | Karanji | Christmas Specials

Goan Neureo are deep-fried, flaky pastry stuffed with coconut & dried fruit filling. No Christmas is complete without these stuffed, deep-fried dumplings of deliciousness. Made with flour and ghee with a variety of stuffing, these Empenada look-a-likes are swapped between families and friends on Christmas on decorative trays filled with a variety of Goan sweets.


Yield :
Dough gives 25 Neureo
Filling gives 50 Neureo (You may use half the quantity of ingredients for filling to get enough for 25 Neureo)
Ingredients:
Filling/ Stuffing
Grated dry coconut (Copra) or desiccated coconut - 2 cups
Semolina/ Rawa - 1.5 cups
Black raisins - a handful
White raisins - a handful
White sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
Black sesame seeds - 1 tsp
Crushed cashew nuts - 1/4 cup
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Powdered Sugar - 2 cups ( for sweetness that's just right. Alter as needed)


For the Dough:
All-purpose flour/ Maida - 2 Cups
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Vanaspati Ghee - 1 tbsp
Water - Approx 1 cup ( as required)

Ghee for frying
Water for sealing and kneading
Flour for dusting
Oil for deep-frying

Notes :
1. Add powdered sugar to the filling only when the rawa and fruits and nuts and cooled down. Or it might lead to melting of sugar.
2.Collect all the scraps, form a dough, divide and roll out more dough to make more neureos.
3. Once fried and cooled completely they crisp up. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks
4. This recipe can easily be multiplied for more yield


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