Puran Poli (पुरणपोळी)

Puran Poli (पुरणपोळी)

Puran Poli (पुरणपोळी)

‘Puran Poli (Marathi: पुरणपोळी or पुरणाची पोळी, Konkani: पुरणपोळी Gujarati: પોળી is a traditional type of sweet flatbread made in India in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa.^[1]

Puran poli is a classical Marathi dish, which is a dessert served during auspicious occasions and during important festivals such as Holi, Padwa in Maharashtra. Although it resembles like a roti, a poli is actually very different. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puran_Poli

 Ingredients

450 gms Chana Dal
500 gms Sugar  or Jaggery

250 gms Wheat Flour

50 gms Flour
5 tsp Oil
1/2 grated Nutmeg

50 gms powdered Cardamom

ghee for serving

How to make puran poli:

• Wash the chana daal and cook with a little or just enough water.
• Drain out the extra water.
• Add sugar or jaggery to the cooked daal and cook on low heat until the mixture becomes thick.
• Remove from heat and pass it through a sieve while still hot.
• Add grated nutmeg and cardamom powder.
• Stir well and remove from heat and keep aside to cool.
• Mix the wheat flour, flour, oil and enough water knead into a smooth dough.
• Keep it aside for an hour or two.
• Divide the gram daal mixture into ping pong sized balls and the flour dough into slightly smaller balls and roll them out a little.
• Place the gram daal ball in the centre of the rolled flour dough and close it to cover the filling completely.
• Roll out into a chapati and bake on a non stick tawa till done on both sides, adding a little ghee around.
• Fry till done.
• Serve hot with pure ghee.

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