India
Puran Poli Recipe
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Ingredients
for the puran mixture - sweet filling
for the poli - outer covering
- 1.5 cup cups whole wheat flour/atta + ½all purpose flour/maida or you can also use 2 cups whole wheat flour instead
- 1 tsp oil or ghee
- tsp ½salt or as required
- tsp ¼turmeric powder/haldi (optional to give a faint yellow color to the poli)
- water as required to knead the dough
- oil or ghee as required for frying the puran poli
Ingredients
for the puran mixture - sweet filling
for the poli - outer covering
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Instructions
The Puran
- Wash the chana dal in water.
- Now add the pressure cooker, add the chana dal and cook it for 6 to 7 whistles.
- Drain out the excess water.
- Now, in a pan add some ghee. Once the ghee is hot add dry ginger powder, nutmeg powder, cardamom powder and fennel powder. Saute.
- Now, add the jaggary and chana dal. Stir well.
- Now let the mixture cook on low flame till the mixture had no water and is dry.
- Keep stirring the mixture.
- Once the mixture is dry and thick, turn off the gas.
- Once cooled, mash with a potato masher. Or blend in a mixer.
Poli Dough
- Seperately, in a bowl add whole wheat flour/atta, flour/maida and salt. Mix well.
- Add water and ghee and mix. Knead the dough.
- Knead till the dough be smooth and soft. Keep the dough aside for 15-20 minutes.
Puran Poli
- take a medium or large size ball from the dough. roll it 2-3 inches in circumference on a dusted rolling board.
- place a portion of puran mixture in the center of the rolled dough.
- bring the edges together towards the center. join all the edges and pinch them.
- sprinkle some flour and start rolling the dough.
- make a medium or large circle (poli) as depending upon the size of the dough and puran filling you took.
- Heat a tawa, and spread some ghee. Place the rolled poli on the tawa.
- Once one side gets browned, turn the poli over. And cook the other side.
- Make all.