Ingredients
FOR MAKING THE DOUGH
- Refined flour (maida) 1 1/2 cups
- Salt a pinch
- Pure ghee 1/2 cup
OTHER INGREDIENTS
- Split Bengal gram (chana dal) - 1 1/4 cups
- Nattu Sakkarai - one-and-half cups
- Saffron (Kesar) - a pinch
- Green cardamom powder - A quarter teaspoon
- Nutmeg powder - a pinch
Instructions
- Wash and boil chana dal. Drain and coarsely grind it. In a pan add the dal, nattu sakkarai, saffron, cardamom powder, and nutmeg powder and mix well.
- Cook, stirring all the time till dry. It should resemble a softball. Remove and cool. Divide the stuffing into sixteen to twenty equal portions and roll into balls.
- Mix maida and salt. Add three tablespoons of ghee and sufficient water to make a soft dough. Cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for one hour.
- Divide dough into sixteen to twenty equal portions and roll into balls. Flatten each ball in your palm, stuff with one portion of Puran (stuffing), cover and seal the edges.
- Dust it with flour and roll out into four to five inches diameter disk of medium thickness. Heat a Tawa (pan) and cook Puran Poli until done on both sides and remove.
Serve hot with a generous helping of pure ghee on it.
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