Pooran Poli
Puran Poli, also known as Puran Puri, Boli (Tamil), Bobbattu, Holige, Obbattu, Ubbatti, Poli. There are basically 2 varieties of Poli 1) Coconut stuffing 2) Dhal paste stuffing. Although Poli is a sweet lately a spicy version was innovated and known as kara poli. -Reference: Wikipedia
Ingredients
- 2 cup Maida
- 1 nos Coconut / தேங்காய்
- 250 gm Jaggery / வெல்லம்
- 5 nos Cardamom, Green / ஏலக்காய்
- 2 tbsp Ghee / நெய்
- 3 tbsp Rice flour / அசிரி மாவு
- 50 ml Oil / எண்ணெய்
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder / மஞ்சள் தூள்
- ½ tsp Salt / உப்பு - adjust to your taste
Instructions
for dough
- Add salt, turmeric powder to maida flour
- Mix them well and make dough with water [pour water little by little]
- Make the dough little loose [same as parotta consistency]
- Add oil to the dough and mix it well
- Allow it to settle for 1hr
for pooran
- Grate the coconut
- Break jaggery into finer pieces
- Grind coconut, cardamom, rice flour by adding very little water make it into a fine paste
- Heat a pan in a low flame
- Add the above coconut paste
- Add jaggery to the coconut paste
- Mix them slowly until jaggery melts and paste become solid
- Add ghee and mix well
- Allow it to cool
for pooran poli
- In banana leaf apply little oil for lubrication
- Take a lime size (approx.) dough and flatten it with hand
- Take lime size of pooran and make a stuffing in the flattened dough
- Cover the pooan with the flattened dough to form a ball and flatten it again like stuffed parathas
- Heat non-stick tawa pan in low flame
- Gently turn the banana leaf on the pan, such that the poli sticks on the tawa
- Now gently remove the banana leaf from the tawa with the help of a spoon
- Allow it to toast on both sides in a similar fashion to parathas
- Repeat this until dough and/or pooran is exhausted
Notes
Note:
* Where banana leaf is not available, you may use butter paper or baking sheets or any laminated papers
* Before folding the poli sprinkle little poppy seed, but be careful depending on the country you live consuming this poppy seeds might be illegal
* Where banana leaf is not available, you may use butter paper or baking sheets or any laminated papers
* Before folding the poli sprinkle little poppy seed, but be careful depending on the country you live consuming this poppy seeds might be illegal
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