Puran Poli

Puran Poli

Gudi Padwa is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to the Lunisolar Hindu calendar. 

This festival holds a special significance for the people of Maharashtra as it is considered a very auspicious occasion. Many mouth watering and delicious dishes prepared and shared with family and relatives. Puran Poli is most popular among them.

Puran Poli is a popular traditional Maharashtrian dish. Puran poli means sweet roti which has stuffing known as puran, the outer cover is known as poli. Stuffing made with chana dal, sugar, ghee, cardamom powder and outer part is prepared from whole wheat flour or maida. It is served with ghee, katachi amti or shrikhand.

Ingredients:

For dough:

2 cup whole wheat flour

2 tbsp oil

Water as required

For filling:

1 cup chana dal

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp ghee

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Water as required

Ghee for frying

Method:

1.Take wheat flour in a big bowl add oil and mix well.

2. Make a soft dough by adding enough water and keep it aside
    for 1/2 an hour.

3. Clean, wash and pressure cook chana dal with enough water
    till done.

4. Drain excess water from channa dal and grind in a coarse paste.

5. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan, add dal paste, sugar, cook on medium
    heat till thickens, while stirring continuously.

6. Add cardamom powder, mix well, remove from heat filling is ready.

7. Make small balls of filling.

8. Knead the dough, make small balls out of it.

9. Take 1 ball of dough, flatten it a bit,  keep a filling ball in center of
    dough.

10. Seal the edges of the dough over the filling and flatten it.

11. Dust it wheat flour and roll to a thick poli.

12. Heat a tawa, place the poli on it, drizzle ghee and cook the poli
      on both sides, until brown spots appear. 

13. Puran Poli is ready, serve hot with a pure ghee and sharikhand.

Tips:

1.You can also use toover dal to prepare filling.

2. Jaggery can be used in place of sugar.

3. Fine flour can be used to prepare the poli.

4. You can roll puran poli thick or thin as per your choice.

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