Puran Poli Recipe
Written by Sneh Chaudhry on October 14, 2021
Ingredients
For Puran (dal stuffing):
- 1½cup chana dal
- ¼tsp turmeric
- ½tsp ghee
- 3 cup water
- 1½ cup jaggery
- 1 tsp ghee
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
For Poli (outer covering):
- 2cup wheat flour
- 1 cup maida
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp oil
- water (for kneading)
Other ingredients:
- Floura (for dusting)
- Ghee (for roasting)
Instructions :
How to make puran / chana dal stuffing:
- firstly, in a large bowl soak 1½ cup chana dal for 1 hour.
- drain off the water and transfer it to the cooker.
- add ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp ghee, 3 cup water.
- pressure cook for 3 whistles on medium flame.
- now drain off the water separating dal and water.
- transfer the dal to a large kadai.
- add 1½ cup jaggery and mix well.
- once the jaggery melts, start to mash the dal.
- mash until the dal turns smooth paste. you can alternatively, grind the dal and jaggery into the mixi jar.
- keep cooking until the mixture thickens and hold the shape.
- now add 1 tsp ghee and ½ tsp cardamom powder and cook for a minute, or until the mixture starts to separate the pan. if the mixture is not cooked properly, then the stuffing will be sticky and will be difficult to make a ball.
- transfer to the plate and cool slightly. make sure not to overcook, else the stuffing turns hard.
- grease hands with ghee and makes ball-sized stuffing.
- finally, puran is ready. keep aside.
How to prepare poli (outer covering):
- firstly, in a large bowl take 2 cup wheat flour, 1 cup maida, ¼ tsp turmeric, ¼ tsp salt and 2 tbsp oil.
- mix well making sure all the ingredients are well combined.
- now add water as required and start to knead the dough.
- 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.
- after 1 hour, punch and knead the dough again.
- pinch a ball sized dough and make a smooth ball.
- form a cup by pressing the dough from the sides.
- place a ball sized prepared puran (dal stuff).
- start to stuff inside by pulling the dough without having any pleats.
- now seal the dough without any cracks.
- dust the ball with maida and flatten slightly.
- now roll the holige gently, without putting much pressure.
- roll as thin as possible and making sure the puran is distributed uniformly.
- now cook the puran poli on hot tawa keeping the flame on medium.
- flip over once the base is half cooked.
- spread the ghee on both sides and cook well.
- puff the puran poli, making sure to cook uniformly
- finally, enjoy puran poli with ghee or milk.
Source : Hebbarskitchen.com
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