Tips to Keep in Mind While Buying Gujiya
Tips to Keep in Mind While Buying Gujiya
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Holi is festival of colours energy and enthusiasm. Enjoying some delicious food doubls the enjoyment. When it comes to food, gujiya is the best food option to enjoy on this cloour ful event. But it is very important to ensure that gujiya is fresh and unadulterated. Buying the gujiyas, the special sweet for Holi, only from a licensed retailer and checking hygienic standards are some factors that you need to look into.

Here are some tips to keep in mind while buying gujiyas.

1. Some sweet shops advertise use of 'pure' ghee to make gujiyas but it might actually be adulterated with vanaspati, or refined oil. Therefore, make it a point to buy gujiyas only from a licensed retailer or a sweetmeat shop which you know is trustworthy and which you frequent often.

2. Also, check to see that the shop has good hygienic standards and whether the gujiyas have been stored appropriately inside showcases.

3. The shop personnel must wear clean clothes and use gloves when handling the gujiyas, not touch their hair, nose, eyes or other body parts, not sneeze or cough when packing the gujiyas and not handle money and foods simultaneously.

4. If you wish to make gujiyas at home, you must test the khoya for the presence of starch. Purchase a small quantity of khoya and boil it in water at home. Once it has cooled down add two drops of iodine. If it turns blue, then it is adulterated with starch.

 

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