Til Gul Poli | Gulachi Poli | Maharashtrian Til Gul Poli
Til Gul Poli also called Gul Poli is a Maharashtrian festive sweet made with jaggery and sesame seeds.This is a traditional Maharashtrian sweet made during Makar Sankranti.This is a delicious, easy-to-make, no onion no garlic, beginner-friendly dessert dish.
Ingredients
For Stuffing
- 1 cup Sesame Seeds, roasted
- 2 tablespoons Besan (Gram Flour)
- 1 teaspoon Cardemon Powder
- 1 cup Gul / Gud / Jaggery
For Dough
- 3 cups Whole Wheat Flour (Gehu Atta)
- Salt to taste
- 3 tablespoon Oil
- Water to knead the dough
Instructions
Dough Preparation
- In a mixing plate/bowl, add whole wheat flour, salt and oil.
- Mix this mixture first without adding water.
- Once the mixture starts to bind as shown in the picture above, start adding water.
- Add water little by little at a time to knead the dough. The dough should not be too stiff nor too soft.
- Rest the dough for 20 mintues.
For Stuffing
- Dry roast sesame seeds until they get nice golden brown colour. Once done, set aside to cool.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil, add 2 tablespoons besan and roast for 5-7 minutes on low flame and set aside to cool.
- In a mixer grinder, add roasted sesame seeds, besan, cardamon powder and jaggery and blend them to a coarse powder.
- Our sweet tilgul poli stuffing is ready.
Assemble Gul Poli
- Take a golf ball size portion of the wheat dough and make a cavity (dent) in the centre.
- Place a spoonful of tilgul stuffing and seal the edges.
- Roll these balls into medium-sized poli / chapati, and use dry flour while rolling the poli / chapati to avoid it sticking to the rolling board.
- Meanwhile, keep tava / griddle to heat.
- Transfer the poli to the hot tava / griddle.
- Apply ghee and roast the poli on medium flame from both sides.
- Cook the poli till you see brown spots appear.
- Make all the remaining gul poli the same way.
- You can serve it warm or cold. If serving warm drizzle little ghee on top and serve.
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Notes
You can add maida to the wheat flour if you want a crispy gul poli, but I prefer making it with whole wheat flour.
You can also add dry coconut and khuskhus (poppy seeds) to the filling.