Paruppu poli/ Bobbatlu/Puran poli is a delicious flattened stuffed sweet recipe prepared by stuffing dal jaggery mixture in flattened dough and cooked on tawa using ghee. Puran poli is usually prepared during Indian festival but it can be served as evening snack as well. I usually don’t use rolling pin to flatten poli and prefer to do it with fingers and this method of preparation yields softer poli. So lets get to the making!
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PREP TIME
COOK TIME
TOTAL TIME
SERVES
1 hr
40 min
1 hr 40 min
3
For making outer layer
Maida – 1 cup
Oil – 1 tbsp
Turmeric- a pinch
Salt- a pinch
Water as needed
Oil – 1 tbsp ( for soaking dough)
Ghee/Oil- required amount to make poli
For stuffing
Channa dal – ½ cup
Jaggery – ½ cup
Grated coconut – 1/3 cup(optional)
Cardamom powder a pinch
Notes
* 1 cup = 235 ml
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How to make paruppu poli with step by step images
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. Keep the dough aside for 40 minutes. The more the rest time the better will be the dough.
Meanwhile wash and pressure cook channa dal for 2 whistles. Drain water from cooked channa dal.
Mash channa dal, add powdered jaggery and cardamom powder in it and mix well. Keep it aside.
Now take a ziploc cover or banana leaf and apply some oil over it. Place small ball of dough in it and flatten it with your fingers. Now place a small ball of pooranam/stuffing in the center of the dough and pleat it well so and seal it so that the pooranam/stuffing stays in. 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 paruppu 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.