Gujiya is Bihar and Jharkhand's most cherished festival sweet — a delicate half-moon pastry cradling a rich, roasted khoya filling studded with dry fruits. No Holi celebration in a Bihari home is complete without a large plate of freshly made Gujiya. It is the sweet that signals celebration, the one guests reach for first, and the one children fight over last.
What separates a great Gujiya from an ordinary one is the filling. Ours is made with slow-roasted khoya (mawa), coarsely roasted suji (semolina), hand-chopped cashews, raisins, and freshly grated coconut — all bound with cardamom and a careful measure of sugar. The outer shell is pressed paper-thin from refined dough and hand-sealed at the edges before being fried in pure desi ghee to a perfect golden crunch.
The most common mistake in commercial Gujiya is a thin, under-filled shell. We fill ours generously — when you bite in, the filling should be the star. That is how it has always been done at home. This is also called pedakiya in Bihar, and it is a sweet that is made with love, patience, and care — the way only a Bihari grandmother can.
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What is gujiya?
Gujiya is a half-moon pastry with a crisp, golden shell and a rich, roasted filling studded with dry fruits. It is the sweet of Holi and other festivals in Bihar and Jharkhand: the one guests reach for first and the one children fight over last.
Ours is filled generously, because a good gujiya is about the filling. A thin, under-filled shell is the most common mistake in commercial gujiya; when you bite into ours, the filling should be the star.
Suji or khoya: choose your filling
You choose the base of the filling. Khoya (mawa) is slow-roasted in our kitchen and is the pre-selected type. Suji is semolina, roasted coarsely so that it gives the filling a little texture. Everything else is the same in both: the shell, the dry fruits and the frying.
Both types contain milk, wheat and cashews. Please confirm on WhatsApp if you have allergies before you order.
What goes into our gujiya, and how it is made
The shell is made from refined flour (maida), pressed paper-thin and sealed by hand at the edges. The filling combines the khoya or suji with hand-chopped cashews, raisins, freshly grated coconut, freshly ground green cardamom and sugar. Each gujiya is fried in desi ghee to a golden crunch.
There are no preservatives, and every gujiya is made by hand in small batches.
Khoya gujiya: refined flour, khoya (mawa), cashews, raisins, desiccated coconut, green cardamom, sugar and desi ghee.
Suji gujiya: refined flour, roasted suji, cashews, raisins, desiccated coconut, green cardamom, sugar and desi ghee.
Shelf life, storage and pack sizes
Gujiya is best eaten within 7–10 days. Store it in an airtight container at room temperature. It comes in 250gm and 500gm packs.
Ordering gujiya before Holi
Gujiya is made fresh for the season, so order a few days before Holi. We confirm the last date for Holi orders on WhatsApp, along with delivery timing for your pincode.
Because gujiya keeps for 7–10 days, plan the order so that it arrives close to the day you want to serve it.
Delivery across India
We deliver gujiya across India and confirm delivery timing for your pincode on WhatsApp. The details are on our shipping and delivery page.
Traditional Gujiya: the details
Ingredients
Suji: Refined Flour (Maida), Roasted Suji (Semolina), Cashews, Raisins, Desiccated Coconut, Green Cardamom, Sugar, Pure Desi Ghee
Khoya: Refined Flour (Maida), Khoya (Mawa), Cashews, Raisins, Desiccated Coconut, Green Cardamom, Sugar, Pure Desi Ghee
Available weights
250gm and 500gm
Price
From ₹250, up to ₹480 depending on the type and weight
Availability
In stock
Shelf life
Suji: 7–10 days
Khoya: 7–10 days
Storage
Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Best consumed within 7–10 days.
Delivery
Delivered across India; we confirm delivery timing for your pincode on WhatsApp.
Gujiya is a half-moon pastry with a crisp golden shell and a roasted filling with dry fruits. It is the traditional sweet of Holi and other festivals in Bihar and Jharkhand.
Yes. Pidukiya, pedakiya, padakiya and pidkiya are other names for the same sweet, and पिड़ुकिया is how it is written in Hindi.
Both have the same shell, dry fruits and frying; only the filling base differs. Khoya is slow-roasted mawa and is the pre-selected type. Suji is coarsely roasted semolina, which gives the filling more texture.
Gujiya is best eaten within 7–10 days. Store it in an airtight container at room temperature.
Yes. Both types contain cashews, milk and wheat. Please confirm on WhatsApp if you have allergies.
Yes, we deliver across India. We confirm delivery timing for your pincode on WhatsApp.
Yes. Order a few days before Holi. We confirm the last date for Holi orders on WhatsApp, along with delivery timing for your pincode.
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