PURAN POLI



Ingredients

  • 1 cup Maida
  • 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 2 tsp Ghee
  • Water, enough to make dough
  • 6 tbsp Oil
  • Oil / Ghee, for frying
Inner Filling
  • 1 - 1/2 cup Jaggery
  • 1 - 1/4 cup Bengal Gram Dal
  • 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
Method
  • Blend the ghee and masala with the maida.
  • Using water make a soft smooth dough. Leave under a wet cloth for 40-50 minutes.
  • Knead the maida again. Put in the 6 tbs oil and knead till completely absorbed. Cover and leave aside for 4 hours.
  • Put the dal in the cooker till one whistle.
  • Drain the water.
  • Grind the dal to make a paste with the jaggery and cardamom powder.
  • Remember that the filling should not be watery.
  • Make small balls of the filling. Divide the dough into small balls and flatten them.
  • Place one ball of filling on the dough and cover and seal up the filling.
  • Carefully roll out the dough into thick puris making sure the filling does not come out.
  • Fry on a tawa pouring ghee around it. Cook on both sides.

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