PURAN POLI

PURAN POLI

INGREDIENTS 

450 gms Chana Dal
500 gms Sugar (Cheeni) or Jaggery (Gud)
250 gms Wheat Flour (Gehun Ka Atta)
50 gms Flour
5 tsp Oil
1/2 grated Nutmeg (Jaiphal)
50 gms powdered Cardamom (Elaichi)
Pure ghee for serving

How to make puran poli:

• Wash the chana daal and cook with a little or just enough water.
• Drain out the extra water.
• Add sugar or jaggery to the cooked daal and cook on low heat until the mixture becomes thick.
• Remove from heat and pass it through a sieve while still hot.
• Add grated nutmeg and cardamom powder.
• Stir well and remove from heat and keep aside to cool.
• Mix the wheat flour, flour, oil and enough water knead into a smooth dough.
• Keep it aside for an hour or two.
• Divide the gram daal mixture into ping pong sized balls and the flour dough into slightly smaller balls and roll them out a little.
• Place the gram daal ball in the centre of the rolled flour dough and close it to cover the filling completely.
• Roll out into a chapati and bake on a non stick tawa till done on both sides, adding a little ghee around.
• Fry till done.
• Serve hot with pure ghee.