Kumari Palany & Co

A delicious and nutritious sweet - Puran Poli!

Posted on: 08/Oct/2019 3:55:49 PM
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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