Puran poli

Sabrina Yasmin
Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen
Riyadh

#Puranpoli #Festive recipe
Puran poli is a famous festive dish specially served during festivals like Diwali.It a kind of sweet bread popular in western and southern part of India. There are different versions of Puran poli, but the main and basic ingredients are wheat flour/ refined flour, bengal gram flour or chana dal , jaggery and pure ghee.

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Ingredients

8 servings
  1. 1+1/4th cup split Bengal gram (chana dal)
  2. 1+1/2 cup Jaggery (gur), grated
  3. 1 pinchSaffron (kesar)
  4. 1/4 teaspoongreen Cardamom powder
  5. 1 pinchNutmeg powder
  6. for the dough
  7. 1+1/2 cup refined flour/wheat flour
  8. 1/2 cuppure ghee
  9. 1 pinchsalt

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash and boil chana dal with little water.

  2. 2

    Drain and coarsely grind with a grinder.

  3. 3

    Heat a pan. Add dal paste, grated jaggery, saffron, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder and mix well.

  4. 4

    Cook, stirring all the time till dry.

  5. 5

    Remove from heat and cool. This is the stuffing of Puran poli.

  6. 6

    Divide the stuffing into sixteen equal portions and roll into balls.

  7. 7

    In a plate mix all purpose flour/wheat flour and salt.

  8. 8

    Add three tablespoons of ghee and sufficient water to make a soft dough.

  9. 9

    Cover with a samp cloth and keep aside for at least half an hour.

  10. 10

    Divide dough into sixteen equal portions and roll into balls.

  11. 11

    Flatten each ball in your palm, stuff with one portion of puran (stuffing), cover and seal the edges.

  12. 12

    Dust it with flour and roll out into four to five inch diameter disk of medium thickness.

  13. 13

    Heat a tawa or griddle and roast puran poli until done on both sides.Bast with ghee time to time.

  14. 14

    Remove in a serving dish. Serve hot with generous helping of pure ghee and milk.

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Sabrina Yasmin
Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen
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Riyadh
I am an Indian home maker living in Saudi Arabia with my husband and two kids.Cooking is my passion and I am super foodie in nature.
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