Puran Poli Recipe - How to make Soft Puran Poli
Puran Poli is a sweet Indian flatbread made with chana dal, jaggery and flour.
Servings 16 Puran Poli
Calories 280kcal
Ingredients
To make poli
- 3 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/4 cup Oil
To make Puran:
- 500 gm Chana Dal
- 500 gm Jaggery
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
- 2 cups Water
Instructions
Making the Poli Dough:
- In a mixing bowl, add all purpose flour and turmeric powder. Mix well.
- Add little water at a time & knead a soft dough.
- Add oil little at a time and knead. Once the oil is completely absorbed in the dough then add some more oil and knead.
- In this way, knead until the oil is completely used. Let the dough rest for 2 hours. Set it aside.
Making the Puran:
- Rinse and soak chana dal in water for 6 hours, overnight or atleast for half an hour.
- Drain water from the soaked dal and put the dal in the pressure cooker.
- Add water, the level of water should be equal to the level of chana dal.
- Cook for 3 whistles. Let the pressure settle down on its own. Let the pressure settle down on its own.
- Drain the chana dal in a colander. Remove excess water. Do not throw the water.(you can use this water to make amti or use it for any curry)
- Grind the chana dal in a mixer. Do not add water while grinding chana dal. Set aside.
- You can even press and seive cooked chana dal with the help of strainer.
- Heat jaggery in a pan over low heat. When the jaggery starts to melt, add the ground chana dal.
- Mix everything well.
- Add Ghee and cardamom powder. Give it a nice mix and remove it fro heat. Let it cool down completely.
Making the puran poli:
- Knead the dough once. Now take out a lemon size ball from it.
- Place the dough ball on a rolling board and flatten with your hand.
- Now take out a small lemon size ball of puran. Place it in the center of poli. Make sure that the size of puran and the size of poli ball should be equal.
- Stuff it and seal from all the sided just like you do for making any stuff parathas.
- Dust it with dry flour and start rolling.
- Roll the puran poli as thin as possible. Roast it on a heated tawa over medium heat.
- Roast it from both the sides.
- Cook until spme brown spots appear and the poli puffs up.
- Puran poli is ready. Serve hot with a spoonful of ghee and enjoy.
Nutrition
Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 119mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 8IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 2mg