Puran poli is authentic Maharashtrain recipe. Which is a dessert served during auspicious occasions and durring importent festivals such as gudi padwa, bendur, panchimi, sankranti, gauri ganapati, akshaytritiya, holi, vatpurnima, nagpanchimi, dasra in Maharashtra.
It resembles a roti, but not same as roti . The method of preparation varies from place to place. Sometime grated coconut add with jaggery in kokan side. You can add sugar instead of jaggery as sweetening agent.
Puran poli is traditionally served with warm milk with sugar and ghee.
Step-by-step instructions with pictures immediately follow recipe.
Notes
If puran become thin keep it in refrigerator for 5 minutes
Ingredients
- • 1 cup Chana Dal
- • 1 cup grated jaggery
- • 2 cup wheat flour for making dough
- • ½ tbsp turmeric powder
- • 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
- • 7 to 8 tbsp Oil (vegetable or Canola)
- • Salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash Chana Daal thoroughly, add 2 and ½ cup of water in chana Dal.
- Now add turmeric powder and salt to taste.
- Pressures cook for 4 whistles and then Turn off heat. Next let the pressure cooker cool down completely.
- Now open pressure cooker, strain the cooked chana dal and reserve the water.This water can be used to make Yelavani or katachi Amati.
- Remove water from daal. Then add this daal into a deep pan.
- Add jaggery in it and let this mixture cook over medium heat. Jaggery will melt and mixture becomes thin in consistency.
- Keep stirring over medium heat until mixture become thick. Add cardamom powder and mix.
- Don't let the mixture stick to the bottom of pan. We are going to use this mixture as stuffing.
- When mixture become thick, remove pan from heat. Let this mixture cool down.
- Grind it finely in Puran Maker (puran yantra) or in mixer.
- Take wheat flour and add 5 to 6 tbsp Oil and mix well. Now add water and make very smooth consistency dough. Knead the dough until it becomes little bit soft than regular dough. Put this dough into a bowl and cover it with lid.
- Make 1 to 2 inch balls for the stuffing.
- Also make 1/2 inch balls of the dough. Grease your fingertips and spread one dough ball gently to a small round disc. Put one stuffing ball on it. Spread the dough gently over the stuffing's surface with fingers and cover the stuffing.
- Uses dry wheat flour to roll the Roti.
- Heat the pan, place rolled roti in the center and roast on both sides over medium heat.
- Put some oil on both side of Puran Poli or you can also use Ghee
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS WITH PICTURES
For making puran poli we need chana daal, jaggery, wheat flour, cardamom powder, turmeric powder, oil,also salt for taste.
First of all, wash chana daal thoroughly, and then add 2 and ½ cup of water in chana Dal…….
Now finally add turmeric powder and salt to taste……
Pressures cook for 4 whistles and then Turn off heat. Next let the pressure cooker cool down completely……
Now open pressure cooker, strain the cooked chana dal and reserve the water.This water can be used to make Yelavani or katachi Amati. Remove water from daal. Then add this daal into a deep pan.
Add jaggery in it and let this mixture cook over medium heat. Jaggery will melt and mixture becomes thin in consistency……
Keep stirring over medium heat until mixture become thick. Add cardamom powder and mix…..
Don’t let the mixture stick to the bottom of pan. We are going to use this mixture as stuffing while making puran poli. When mixture become thick, remove pan from heat. Let this mixture cool down. Grind it finely in Puran Maker (puran yantra) or in mixer…..
MAKE PURAN POLI
Take wheat flour and add 5 to 6 tbsp oil and mix well. Now add water and make very smooth consistency dough. Knead the dough until it becomes little bit soften than regular dough. Put this dough into a bowl and cover it with lid so it will remain soft. Make 1 to 2 inch balls for the stuffing.
Also make 1/2 inch balls of the dough same like roti ball. Grease your fingertips so dough did not stick and spread one dough ball gently to as a small round disc. And put one stuffing ball on it. Spread the dough gently over the stuffing’s surface with fingers and cover the stuffing.
Uses dry wheat flour to roll the roti, you can also use all purpose flour.
Heat the pan, and place rolled roti in the center and roast on both sides over medium heat….
Put some oil on both side of Puran Poli or you can also use ghee.
