Puran Poli (पूरण पोळी)

Puran Poli is a traditional maharashtrian food. This is the sweet and delicious food which is made in maharashtra on the special occasion or on the festivals like Holi, Gudi Padwa, Diwali etc.. The Stuffing is made with Chana Daal and Jaggery. This is the time consuming dish but at the end after completing the dish the result is just amazing. Make the puran poli and enjoy the delicious dish.

Recipe: 

Ingrediants:

For Puran:

•  1 cup chana daal
•  1 cup jaggery 
•  4-5 Cardamom (elaichi)
•  1 tablespoon fennel(badishep)

  For Dough:

•  2 cups wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cup water
• Salt to taste
• 2 table spoon oil 

Instructions:

•  In a plate, take wheat flour. Add a salt to taste and mix well using your finger   tips. 
•  Add a little water at a time and make soft dough of it.
• Don’t  add more water at a time.
•  Add oil and knead the dough again.(Knead the dough to a soft consistency. It should be like the chapati dough.)
• Cover and keep aside for 30 minutes
•   Now, take a warm water and add chana daal in that water and cook it on medium flame  for minimum 1 hour until it mashed.
• Drain excess water with the help of strainer.
•  Do not throw away this water. You can use it to make katachi amti. Add a little mashed dal with it if you want.
•  Mix cooked dal and jaggery in a pan and cook until jaggery is dissolved and mixed with dal.
• Simmer the heat and cook the mixture until it starts to leave the sides of the pan and is thickened nicely.
• Add the dry ginger  powder,cardamom powder and fennel powder and mix it well.
• This mixure is grind with the help of puran machine or u can also use grinder
•  Make sure it will properly grind i.e no grains of dal should be left behind.
• Let it cool down.
• Take a medium size ball of dough and stuff puran in the center of the dough circle like a paratha and bring the ends together.
• Dip it in dry flour and roll poli
• Heat up a pan on medium heat. When pan is enough hot, transfer the rolled poli on pan.
•  Cook from both the sides until brown spots appear.
•  Apply oil on both sides or you can also use ghee, Flip over again and again.
• Fry until golden brown from both the sides.
• Make all the Puran poli in the same manner.
• Serve the Puran Poli with Katachi amti or Gulavani.