Puran Poli

I love puran polis and wanted to try this out for a long time. I tried once using all purpose flour but it did not turn out well . The poli puffed up and I didn't know the reason. May be it could be because of the all purpose flour..

My native is near Tiruchendur , a place in South Tamilnadu. We go there for our summer vacation every year .When we go in train there comes a station called 'Maniyachi' near Tirunelveli. You can hear food sellers shouting 'boli,boli,boli'(yes they call poli as boli). They have two varieties of polis..coconut and dhal polis. We never forget to buy poli there...It would taste very delicious and as a child I loved those.

When I saw polis in Sailu's blog,I tried it and it came out very well. Click for the recipe here. Watch Pattu maami making Wonderful polis.This had been a great help to me.Those who want to make polis by spreading it with hand should definitely watch this. This is my entry to coffee's MBP for the month of May .

I followed mostly her recipe except I used 1 1/4 of jaggery for 1 cup of Maida and 1 cup of channa dal and added 5 to 6 tsp of oil to make the dough.

Making the dough is very important in making polis. This is how I made the dough. Add a pinch of salt and 4 tsp of oil to 1 cup of Maida and make a soft dough by adding enough water. knead well for a minute and add 1 tsp of oil. knead well again for 2 minutes and then add 1 tsp of oil. knead to a soft and elastic dough and keep aside covered with a wet cloth for 1/2 an hour.

To make the filling I just soaked the channa dal and cooked with lot of water in a pan. when it turned soft drain it(u can cook in pressure cooker too) . Then add the jaggery in a pan and when it melts add the channa dal and cardomom powder(no need to add water) . When it becomes thick remove from fire and cool it.

I did not use rolling pins to make polis .. Just with hand flatten a small ball of dough and keep double the amt of filling in it , fold and flatten in to thin polis using little bit of oil .

When roasting the polis in tawa I applied ghee on both sides.

Poli came out very well and we all enjoyed it.