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Moong dal poli recipe, Paruppu poli

Moong dal poli/ Pesara pappu poli/ Paruppu poli is a sweetened flat bread with lentil filling usually prepared during festivals like Ugadi, Holi or for any other festivities. Yes you are correct!! Ugadi is almost there and I thought to try and post a new recipe without breaking much of the protocols (u know what I mean, innovation with tradition😂😂) so tried making poli/ bobbatlu/ boli with moong dal instead of chana dal and was super happy with the result as it tasted same like the regular ones PURAN POLI.
moong dal poli
Talking about the regular poli last year do you guys remember a new version that I tried?? Forgot??  Here it is BADAM POLI, which is again a super yum poli worth trying. I have already posted some traditional poli recipes like this:

So same procedures just a change in dal makes all the difference, you could adjust the quantity of jaggery and coconut according to your liking and I hope you guys will like it. So let’s get to the making of pesara pappu poli/ paruppu poli!!
moong dal poli recipe

Moong dal poli recipe, Paruppu poli
Serves 4
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Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
25 min
Total Time
55 min
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
25 min
Total Time
55 min
FOR MAKING OUTER LAYER
  1. 1. Maida – 1 cup
  2. 2. Oil – 1 tsp
  3. 3. Turmeric- a pinch
  4. 4. Salt- a pinch
  5. 5. Water – ½ cup (approx.)
  6. 6. Oil – 1 tbsp ( for soaking dough)
  7. 7. Ghee/Oil- required amount to make poli
FOR STUFFING
  1. 1. Moong dal – ½ cup
  2. 2. Jaggery – ½ cup
  3. 3. Grated coconut – 2 tbsp (optional)
  4. 4. Cardamom powder - 1/8 tsp
NOTE
  1. * 1 cup = 235 ml
Instructions
  1. In a bowl add maida, turmeric, salt and oil. Mix everything well and add water gradually to it and knead it into a soft dough. Then add 1 tbsp oil to the dough so that it becomes even softer. Rest the dough for 2 hours or for an hour.
  2. Wash and pressure cook moong dal and 1cup water for 3 whistles. After 3 whistles when pressure has subsided open the cooker mash dal well, to it add jaggery, grated coconut (if required) and cardamom powder. Mix well and keep stirring in medium flame till it forms ball consistency and separates from pan. Cool the purnam/ stuffing for 10 minutes.
  3. After the stuffing has cooled down take a ziploc cover or banana leaf and apply some oil over it. Pinch golf size ball of dough and flatten it with your fingers.
  4. Now place a small ball of pooranam/ stuffing in the center of the dough and pleat it well and seal it so that the pooranam stays in. Now apply some oil in your fingers and flatten it again into round shape.
  5. Heat a tawa and slide the poli from ziploc to your palm and place the puran poli gently in the tawa and drizzle ghee around it. When you see brown spots on one side flip it carefully and cook till done. Relish it hot. Repeat the process till all the dough is over.
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How to make Moong dal poli/ Pesara pappu poli with step by step images


  1. In a bowl add maida, turmeric, salt and oil. Mix everything well and add water gradually to it and knead it into a soft dough.
  2. Then add 1 tbsp oil to the dough so that it becomes even softer and strechy. Rest the dough for 2 hours or for an hour.
  3. Wash and pressure cook moong dal and 1cup water for 3 whistles. After 3 whistles when pressure has subsided open the cooker.
  4. Now mash dal well, to it add jaggery, grated coconut (if required) and cardamom powder. Mix well and keep stirring in medium flame till it forms ball consistency and separates from pan. Cool the purnam/ stuffing for 10 to 15 minutes.
  5. After the stuffing has cooled down take a ziploc cover or banana leaf and apply some oil over it. Pinch golf size ball of dough and flatten it with your fingers. Now place a small ball of pooranam/ stuffing in the center of the dough and pleat it well and seal it so that the pooranam stays in.
  6. Now apply some oil in your fingers and flatten it again into round shape. Heat a tawa and slide the poli from ziploc to your palm and place the puran poli gently in the tawa and drizzle ghee around it. When you see brown spots on one side flip it carefully and cook till done. Relish it hot. Repeat the process till all the dough is over.
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