Maharashtrian cuisine!! What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you read it? May be, spicy Vada Paav, steaming hot Paav Bhaji, Misal Paav, Ragda Patties or chatpati Bhel Puri. But the real food of this filmy state is much more than these easily available street food. Today we are talking about the most popular Puran Poli. Puran Poli is a sweet, soft and flaky flat bread that melts in the mouth with burst of sweet nutty flavors and makes every occasion sweet and auspicious with its presence.
Puran Poli
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Ingredients
- For Puran-
- 1 cup Chana Dal
- 1 cup Jaggery (Gudh)
- Pinch of Nutmeg powder
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
- Few strands of Saffron
- 1 cup Water
- For Dough-
- 1 cup Whole wheat flour
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
- 1 tbsp Oil
- Salt to taste
- (I used only whole wheat flour but adding all purpose flour makes it softer and tastier)
Instructions
Puran
- Wash and soak chana dal for overnite.
- Boil chana dal with one cup of water and saffron for 3-4 whistles.
- Drain and coarsely grind it.
- Mix chana dal, jaggery, nutmeg and cardamom powder.
- Cook the mixture in a nonstick pan until it thickens (spatula can stand upright in the mixture just to check it.)
- Keep it aside and make small balls of the mixture.
Puran Poli Dough
- Take maida, whole wheat flour, salt and oil. Mix it well.
- Add water as needed and knead it in to a soft sticky dough.
- Cover and leave it to rest for an hour.
Puran Poli
- Make a soft dough with tsp of oil.
- Take small ball from dough and roll like a puri.
- Stuff puran in to rolled puri and seal the edges nicely.
- Roll it evenly like stuffed paratha.
- Heat non stick tawa and cook puranpoli from both the sides with little ghee or oil till it gets nice golden color.
- Serve hot with a dollop of ghee over it.
