Puran Poli
Puran Poli is a stuffed Indian bread. It is stuffed with split chick peas sweetened with jaggary and sugar. It is stuffed in a dough made with all purpose flour. It is a traditional dish of India and is prepared differently in all the regions. The following is the recipe of Puran Poli as prepared in Maharashtra. It is especially prepared during the festival of Holi (festival of colours). So go ahead and enjoy Puran Poli with ghee (clarified butter) or plain milk.
It is served in a traditional maharashtrian thali as shown below
Ingredients:
Puran Poli
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cup Chana Dal (Split chick pea)
- 1 Cup Jaggary
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 1 Tsp Cardamom Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Nutmeg Powder
- 1 1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
- 5 Tbsp Oil
- 3/4th Cup Cup Water
- Salt
Instructions
- Soak chana dal in water for 2 hours.
- Cook the chana dal in pressure cooker by adding double the water (3 cups) and 1/4 tsp salt.
- In a pot mix cooked chana dal, jaggary and sugar. Keep it on a burner on a medium flame and make puran (stuffing). Stir continuously.
- Stir till puran is done. (see notes)
- Add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.
- Take cooked puran on a sifter. Sieve the puran through the sifter by a spoon to remove all the lumps. Keep it aside.
- On a plate mix all purpose flour, 1/4 tsp salt. Knead the dough by adding 3/4 cup of water gradually. Add 5 tbsp oil gradually. The dough should be very soft.
- Make small balls of the dough about 2 inch diameter.
- Divide the puran by making oval shape balls.
- Take one dough ball and flatten it a bit and put one puran ball in it.
- Press the puran ball in the flattened dough.
- Cover the puran by flattened dough from all the sides.
- Roll the poli gently by sprinkling all purpose flour.
- Roast it on a pan from both sides.
- Cool it on a cooling rack before storing it.
Notes
One trick to understand if the puran is done or not is to stick a wooden spoon in the puran. If it stands straight then consider it done. If it falls down then it is not done. One of my friends told me this trick and it works perfectly every time.
