Puran Poli

 

Feeds :

Ingredients : 

For puran stuffing:

• Chana dal - 1 cup
• Jaggery - 1/2 cup
• Water - 2 cups
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• Cardamom powder
• Ghee

For poli (outer covering):

• Plain flour - 2 cups
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• Oil 
• Water
• Salt

   

 

Method

• Soak 1 cup Chana daal for 1 hour
• Drain off the water and add to pressure cooked with 2 cups of water
• Add turmeric and a little ghee.
• Cook until 3 whistles

• Drain off the water and add daal to a kadai in medium flame
• Add 1 cup of jaggery
• Stir until jaggery melts, then mash the daal-jaggery mix
• add cardamon powder and ghee
• Cook until right consistency 
• if undercooked - it will be sticky
• if overcooked - it will be dry

• After it cools, Roll in ball shapes. Stuffing is ready

• Take plain flour and turmeric and knead to a smooth and soft dough adding water in batches.
• Grease the dough with 2 tsp oil, cover and rest for at least 1 hour.
• Take a ball sized dough and make a smooth ball.
• Make it flat and place a ball sized puran.
• Fold over and roll gently and making sure the puran is distributed uniformly.
• Fry in a tawa with ghee