Puran Poli – Receipe of the Week

Ingredients

• 300 gm – Channa dal (yellow gram)
• 300 gm – Jaggery or sugar
• 1 tsp – Cardamom powder
• 1/2 grated Nutmeg (Jaiphal)
• Some saffron stands
• 150 gm –All purpose flour (maida)
• 100 gm – plain flour
• Salt to taste
• Pure Ghee
• Warm water

How to make Puran Poli

• Wash the dal and boil dal in plenty of water for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Drain the excess water and add mashed jiggery or sugar well with dal.
• Cook the mixture in a heavy saucepan while stirring continuously until the mixture becomes thick into a soft ball
• Add grated nutmeg, cardamom powder and saffron in the mixture.
• Keep it aside to cool.
• Knead flour with 1 tbsp ghee and salt adding enough water, to a soft dough.
• Cover the dough with muslin cloth and keep aside for an hour.
• Take a small ball of dough and roll into a thick small chapatti.
• Put the mixture as a filling in centre, cover and seal the edges.
• Reroll it gently and bake on a non stick tawa till golden brown on both side adding a little ghee around..
• Serve hot and apply a tsp of pure ghee on it before serving.