MOONG DHAL POLI | PASIPARUPPU POLI

This is one of the South Indian Traditional recipe done on special occasions. The stuffing is done using Moong dhal and Jaggery. Even coconut, bengal gram can also be used in the place of Moong dhal. The outer layer is done with Wheat flour/ Maida or combining both. The outer dough should be soft and rested for an hour to get a nice texture. 

It is served with a liberal dose of ghee as topping. See blog for

• Khoya Poli
• Paruppu Poli
• Coconut Poli

Video Recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

Moong dhal - 1 cup

Jaggery - 3/4 cup

Cardamom Powder - 1/4 tsp

Oil - as needed

Ghee - for serving

For Outer dough

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Maida/ all purpose flour - 1 cup

Salt - 1/8 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Oil - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder - a pinch

METHOD:

• Add all the ingredients given for outer dough in a bowl.
• Knead to a soft dough by adding water little by little, smear oil and keep aside.
• Soak Moong dhal for an hour and cook by adding enough water.
• Once cooked well, drain the water completely.
• Add to a tawa and mash well.
• Add jaggery and cook on low flame till it combines together.
• Add cardamom powder, mix well and switch off the flame.
• Let it cool for few minutes.
• Knead the dough again and make balls of desired size.
• Also, make little large balls of the stuffing.
• Grease an aluminium foil/plastic sheet/ banana leaf with little oil and spread the dough ball.
• Place the stuffing ball and close all sides.
• Spread the stuffed dough gently with fingers/palm evenly as thin as possible.
• See that the stuffing doesn't come out.
• Heat a dosa tawa, place it and cook until brown spots appear on both sides.
• Serve with ghee.
• Tasty and soft Moong dhal Poli is ready.

Step wise method with pictures:

1. Add all the ingredients given for outer dough in a bowl.

2. Knead to a soft dough by adding water little by little, smear oil and keep aside.5

3. Soak Moong dhal for an hour and cook by adding enough water.

4. Once cooked well, drain the water completely.

5. Add to a tawa and mash well.

6. Add jaggery and cook on low flame till it combines together.

7. Add cardamom powder, mix well and switch off the flame.

8. Let it cool for few minutes.

9. Knead the dough again and make balls of desired size.

10. Also, make little large balls of the stuffing.

11. Grease an aluminium foil/plastic sheet/ banana leaf with little oil and spread the dough ball.

12. Place the stuffing ball and close all sides.

13.Spread the stuffed dough gently with fingers/palm evenly as thin as possible.

14. See that the stuffing doesn't come out.

15. Heat a dosa tawa, place it and cook until brown spots appear on both sides.

16. Serve with ghee.

17. Tasty and soft Moong dhal Poli is ready.

KHOYA POLI / PALKOVA POLI

This is a traditional Maharastrian recipe done on special occassions and festivals. It is rich in taste and quite simple to prepare compared to other puran polis. Usually we prepare puran using coconut or dhal. This is made using sweetened khoya with the outer layer using wheat flour. The stuffing can be prepared in minutes with milk powder and tastes awesome and the poli turns to be much soft. This grand version of poli can be also be done using leftover khoya. Also see this blog for

• Coconut poli
• Paruppu poli

 

SHAHI PURAN POLI

INGREDIENTS:

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Rava/ Sooji - 3 tsp

Milk powder - 50g

Ghee - 1 tsp

Milk - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 6 tsp

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt

Oil 

METHOD:

1. In a tawa, add little ghee, rava and roast for a few minutes and keep aside. 

2. In a bowl add wheat flour, salt and little sugar. Prepare a soft dough adding required water.

3. In the same tawa, add ghee and milk and allow to boil. Add rava and mix well so that no lumps are formed.

4. Add milk powder and mix well till it combines well with the rava mixture.

5. Stir for a while, when it comes together, add sugar and cardamom powder, mix well for few minutes and switch of the flame. 

6. After it cools well, smear little oil/ghee in fingers and make balls of desired size. Also make little larger balls using the wheat dough.

7. Take a wheat ball, flatten a bit using a rolling pin, smear little oil, place khoya ball.

8. Pleat all the sides well and close the top portion of the stuffed dough properly.

 9. Sprinkle little wheat flour and flatten the stuffed dough gently using the rolling pin, so that the puran spreads evenly on all sides.

10. Heat a dosa pan, place the poli and cook until golden spots appear on both sides on medium flame. Sprinkle little oil on both sides.

11. Tasty, soft and delicious Khoya Poli is ready to be served with ghee.

Note:

• If the khoya turns to be hard, sprinkle some milk and knead for few minutes.
• On the other hand if the khoya is sticky, sprinkle some milk powder and knead well.