Puran Poli Recipe | Sweet Lentil Flatbread (Holi Special)
Puran Poli is a traditional Indian sweet flatbread filled with delicious, mildly spiced lentils and jaggery stuffing.This is often made during festivals and special occasions. Puran Poli is mostly popular in Maharashtra, Gujarat and South India.This is a soft flatbread filled with a sweet lentil mixture and cooked in ghee, making it one of the delicious and comforting dishes.
Ingredients
For Puran (Sweet Stuffing)
- 1 cup Chana Dal (Bengal Gram)
- 1 cup Jaggery (Gul)
- 1 teaspoon Nutmeg (Jaifal)
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Oil
To Make Poli (Outer Covering)
- 6 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- Water to Knead the Dough
- Ghee, to roast Puran Poli
Instructions
To Cook Chana Dal (Bengal Gram)
- Wash chana dal for 3-4 times until water runs relatively clear.
- In a large pot, heat 4 cups of water and add the washed chana dal.
- As the dal cooks, you will see white foams appears over the dal, skim it off.
- Let the chana dal cook on medium flame till the dal is soft and can be easily mashed.
- Once the dal is soft, strain the water in which the dal was cooked using a strainer.
- Keep this water aside. This water is called 'Kat' which is used later to make 'Katachi Amti'.
To Make the Puran (Sweet Filling)
- In a pan, add just half a teaspoon of ghee.
- Add the cooked chana dal. Add Jaggery (gul) and cook it on a medium heat.
- The jaggery will release water while cooking. Cook this puran till jaggery melts completely.
- Roughly mash the dal using spatula.
- Once jaggery melts, keep on cooking till the mixture thickens. This time keep on stirring it continously to avoid puran sticking to the pan.
- Once the mixture thickens, add nutmeg powder and mix well.
- Puran is ready.
- We will need to grind the puran (filling) using puran yantra or sieve to a fine paste.
- Place the puran yantra (machine) or sieve over a large vessel.
- Add small portions of puran into it.
- Rotate the handle in a circular motion to press the puran through the mesh. Continue the process till all the puran is ground to fine paste.
- Puran for stuffing Puran Poli is ready.
To Prepare The Dough
- In a mixing bowl, add whole wheat flour and salt and oil.
- Slowly add water and knead a soft and smooth dough.
- Cover and let it rest for 20 minutes.
Assemble Puran Poli
- Once the dough has rested well, knead it once again to smooth it out.
- Take a golf ball size portion of the wheat dough and make a cavity (dent) in the centre.
- Place a spoonful of puran stuffing and seal the edges.
- Roll the stuffed dough into thin poli, use dry rice flour to prevent it from sticking to the rolling board.
- Meanwhile, keep tava / griddle to heat. Transfer the puran poli to the hot tava.
- Apply ghee and roast the poli on medium flame from both sides.
- Cook the puran poli till you see brown spots appear.
- Make all the remaining puran poli the same way.
- Serve it warm with a generous drizzle of ghee or with warm milk.
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Notes
To save time while making puran poli, you may cook this puran ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator. Thaw it and let it come to room temperature before you start making puran poli.
You can add maida (all-purpose) flour to the wheat flour if you want a crispy puran poli, but I prefer making it with whole wheat flour.
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