Paruppu Poli

Paruppu Poli.

 

 

 For Outer dough:

Maida – 1+ 1/4 cups

Wheat flour - 2 tbsp

Til / Gingelly  Oil - 2 tbsp

Powdered sugar - 2 tsp

Turmeric :  one pinch ( optional )

Knead the above ingredients with water to a very soft elastic dough.

Soak this completely in til oil for minimum 1 hr.

 

Stuffing:

Bengal gram / Channa dhal - ½ cup

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Jaggery powder - 1 cup

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Ghee - 2 tsp

Keep 1 cup of water ready in a vessel.

Dry roast the Bengal gram on low flame, till it becomes warm. Soak it in hot water for an hour.

Pressure cook dal with minimum water.  

Strain cooked dal. Mash nicely or grind to a fine paste. Keep it aside. 

Grind coconut to a fine powder /paste. 

Mix dal paste & coconut paste together nicely . 

Heat jaggery with very little water on a low flame to get it dissolved.

Strain and add the ground dal coconut paste & spice powders.

Cook on a non-stick Pan, stirring continuously, so that lumps is not formed by adding 2 tsp of ghee. Cook till it becomes thick enough to hold, to make it easy for stuffing. 

Your stuffing is ready.

 

 

Preparation : 

 

Take the dough from oil & knead.

Make small round balls.

Take a ball & lightly pat with your fingers and make them in to a disc on banana leaf.  Let the center portion be slightly thicker .
 

Keep the stuffing (twice the quantity of outer dough ) in the centre.
 

Bring all edges from around to the centre & cover to make a tight ball.

 

  Now gently pat and form a disc using palms.  

 

Heat a non-stick Dosa pan.

Transfer the patted Poli to a hot dosa tawa and roast it on medium heat, on both the sides till it becomes golden in colour.  No need to add oil or ghee while roasting.

 

Remove & smear lightly with ghee.

 

 

Yummy Paruppu Poli is ready to serve.

 

Variation :

 

·       Instead of using Maida , you can use wheat flour .

·       Can replace Bengal gram with Red gram / Tur Dal.

·       Poli made using wheat flour with tur dal stuffing is called as Puran Poli in Maharashtra.