Puran Poli

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Puran Poli - a traditional sweet/dessert served on auspicious occasions in gujarati, maharashtrian and south indian houses. :) By itself, puran poli is a delicious sweet and is often eaten as such or it may be served with a teaspoon of ghee. In our house during festivals I remember this being served with hot milk, sweetened and flavoured with almonds and cardamom powder. :) In lay mans terms, it is nothing but a sweetened stuffed chapati. The stuffings vary with different cultures. Usually its boiled lentils (either toor dal or chana dal - mostly chana dal) and jaggery (for a softer version), or boiled lentils and powdered sugar (for a stiffer, crunchier version) and sometimes coconut and jaggery.

The outside dough is mostly maida/refined flour and sometimes wheat flour.

 

You will need:

1 cup wheat flour
1 cup maida/ refined flour/ all purpose flour
1 cup chana dal
1 cup jaggary
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
1 tsp ghee

 

Cook the chana dal in pressure cooker for one whistle. Once the pressure is released, drain and spread for about 1/2-1 hour on a kitchen towel to absorb all the excess water.

 

 

 

 

 

Churn the dal with one cup jaggery in a food processor till it forms a nice homogenous lump. If it is soggy then heat it for a while till it becomes dry (for you to be able to manipulate easily without messing your hands). Add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder and let it cool completely.

 

 

 

Make a soft dough by mixing the two flours and ghee.

 

 

 

 

 

Make equal portions of the dough and stuffing.

 

 

 

 

 

Just follow the steps……..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cook on tava with a bit of ghee till it has golden brown specs on both side.

 

My contribution to Nupur for RCI: Maharashtrian Cuisine.

 

 

 

 

June 6, 2007 | Filed Under Chana Dal, Jaggery, Maida/All purpose flour, Wheat Flour 

Comments

27 Responses to “Puran Poli”

  1. sia on June 6th, 2007

    errr…i thought MBP-sweets are over :wink:
    beautiful recipe and entry for RCI coffee. i guess puran poli and gulab jamun are the only sweets i can eat w/o complaining. i am no good at rolling stuffed paratas or poli :cry: i admire the way ur poli’s are looking w/o any patch, if it was me u would definately see some patch work in between :oops: :lol:

    There is no patch work because of the way it is stuffed!!! I learnt this way when I went to India this time. My neighbour aunt made stuffed parathas this way and I was thrilled to see her neatness!!! So then I stuff it this way from now on. No patch work and no overlaping or dough corners!! :)

  2. roopa on June 6th, 2007

    wow he he this is the way you go lite :razz: :lol: the poli looks wonderfull as sia said perfect! i love polis we call it hollige.yumm the pictures are inviting me to go sweet again !

  3. archana on June 6th, 2007

    Hi Coffee..The puranpoli is looking just perfect.The puran ball is looking so shiny and round placed so neatly on the flattened dough. My puranpoli never come out so well.
    Here I had thought of going lite and now your puran ploli is tempting me :)

  4. Asha on June 6th, 2007

    YAY!!! We call it Obbattu in K’taka Coffee.I love it too,but haven’t made in a long time.I love wheat flour in it,makes it easier to roll! We use only Maida and it’s elastic to roll and stuff.I am saving this page.Thank you:))

  5. bee on June 6th, 2007

    perfect and beautiful. i love these. i thought my mom made the best ones, couldn’t figure out why. then i realised, she used only whole wheat flour (atta) and i think it does add to the flavour.


    I usually make with wholewheat flour……. seldom mix like this and never with just plain maida!!!! But you are right… I prefer the whole wheat version. :)

  6. Raaga on June 6th, 2007

    You’ve made it look so simple… I’ve made this once :)

  7. richa on June 6th, 2007

    tari puran poli joeyney mara modha ma pani aavey che :grin: :grin: :grin:
    ketla saras photo kadhya che, too good, too yumm :grin: :grin: :grin:
    i love both with chana as well as with toor :lol: :lol:

  8. Swapna on June 6th, 2007

    Wow coffee..ur puran polis have turned out great..Loved the step by step pics..Hey, u can also add lil bit of ground fennel seeds to the puran..Amazing entry for RCI :grin:

  9. viji on June 6th, 2007

    Its mouthwatering Coffee. Great entry for both the events. All time favorite of mine. Viji

  10. Deepa on June 6th, 2007

    This so very neat ans simple one ….Nice entry ….tasty one

  11. sandeepa on June 6th, 2007

    Ok now after MBP - Sweets is over and you have declared “Go Lite” you stil want us to put on weight !!!! Got your point.
    Looks good though but I am sticking to “Lite” this month..enlightening huh ?

    Go lite so that you can have these as well. ;)
    Best of both the worlds you see!!! :evil:

  12. seema on June 6th, 2007

    Puran poli is so much like our vobbattu or holige coffee. Your stuffing is so perfect. I have to learn how to do it. I would just eat the stuffing as is. Love it. :razz:

    Same here….. I finish half the stuffing while roling the poli’s and then U usually fall short of it :(

  13. TheCooker on June 6th, 2007

    Perfect! Just perfect!

  14. Smita on June 7th, 2007

    OMG!!! Fabulous - yet again!!1 This has got to stop - I’m running out of superlatives :grin:

  15. trupti on June 7th, 2007

    Tari puran poli ekdam saras che! Maney ghee saathey nathi bhavti, hun to puran poli khatta athana saathey khau! I love it….

    :)


    Are you sure??? Puran poli and khatu athanu???!!!!!!!

  16. Manasi on June 7th, 2007

    :twisted: Gimme those!!!!

  17. sra on June 7th, 2007

    Madame, you’re supposed to inspire us, not sidetrack us! Lite lelo, I can hear you saying :grin:

    Hahahaha…… wait and watch my ‘mega lite’ post coming soon!!! ;)

  18. sukanya on June 7th, 2007

    O O i was also thinking to make this for RCI….urs is looking very nice…YUM!…Love it…Nice pictures..

  19. nz on June 7th, 2007

    Wow, you made it look so easy ! I make them sometimes but havent perfected the ‘rolling’ part yet. Will try rolling it your way and hopefully they will look as good as yours :-)

  20. Sig on June 7th, 2007

    Coffee, you didn’t get enough sweet last month girl? :) Love these puran polis… I’ve always wanted to make these, but my friend makes it for me all the time… so I never had to… i might try it sometime now that I have these super step-by-step visual instructions! Thanks for that!

  21. shaheen on June 7th, 2007

    Ah! fianlly u blogged this. was waiting for ur version to make it.THanks!

  22. Cynthia on June 8th, 2007

    Hmmm something I need to explore.

    As a kid, my mom and aunt would make sugar-rotis for us. Same principle as you have above but just with some good Caribbean brown sugar. When cooked, the inside would become like syrup and as we tore the roti, we’d lick all our fingers. Thanks for evoking such a wonderful childhood memory. :razz:

  23. usha on June 8th, 2007

    Hi Coffee,

    Excellent and perfect poli……wonderful step by step pictures….thanks for sharing.

  24. Nupur on June 8th, 2007

    What a beautiful step-by-step recipe! Very tempting, Coffee. Wonderful entry, as usual!

  25. Gini on June 8th, 2007

    I have never had puran poli. I had once seen a blogger post a you tube video of making puran poli and had wanted to try it since then. Your pictorials are the best.

  26. santhi on June 11th, 2007

    i remember all those sadyas where we eat poli with pal payasam, though puran poli is slightly different…anyways, am glad that my mom’s here and she got some with coconut stuffing.. :razz: yumm looking puran polis…go lite, eh !!!! :mrgreen:

  27. Kajal on June 20th, 2007

    WOW…puranpoli looks yummy…..This is my sister fav dish….And today is her birthday so you remind me. Thanks my dear.:)

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