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Puran Poli

November 13, 2010 By Manjooo M Leave a Comment

Before leaving Bangalore in 2008, I visited one of my ex colleague Sree. She has invited me for breakfast. That day she served me hot puran polis topped with generous amount ghee. I dont remember the exact count or puran polis I had. It was absolute heaven!!!

That was the first time I had hot puran polis. Puran polis are also known as holige or obbattu in Karnataka. In Kerala we call it Boli. I was not a fan of this particular sweet dish. But the hot version is absolute yum. I never got a chance to ask Sree the recipe.

When I moved to Qatar, one of my neighbor and kind friend who is from Maharashtra taught me to make the stuffing of puran poli. There was time I could never make aloo paratha. After obtaining the the skill of paratha making from my ex-PG mate Vidhi, making puran poli was very easy.

You need,
For Stuffing

  • Split Bengal gram (chana dal) – 1 cup
  • Jaggery grated – 2/3 cup
  • Green cardamom powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  • Ginger grated – 1 tbsp

For dough,

  • All purpose flour (maida) 1 1/4 cups
  • Salt a pinch
  • Pure ghee 1/2 cup

You have to,
For stuffing

  • Wash and boil chana dal in anΒ  open pan till it is done (it should be powdered if you press it)
  • Drain and add grated jaggery, grated ginger , cardamom powder stirring till it dries up.
  • Allow to cool. Now put mixture in a flat surface and powder it with roller pin
  • Divide the stuffing into sixteen to twenty equal portions and roll them into balls.

For dough

  • Mix flour and salt in bowl
  • Add three tablespoons of ghee and sufficient water to make a soft dough.
  • Cover and keep aside for sometime.
  • Divide dough into sixteen to twenty equal portions and roll into balls.

Stuffing and cooking

  • Flatten each flour ball in your palm
  • Place one portion of stuffing, cover and seal the edges.
  • Dust it with flour and roll out in medium thickness.
  • Heat a tawa or pan and cook puran poli until done on both sides.
  • Serve with ghee or kheer or any spicy bhaji or eat as it is… πŸ™‚

Now I try making puran polis every Diwali. And taught my mom as well… πŸ™‚ .

Trying the sweet puran poli with some spicy bhaji was introduced to me by one of my Gujarati friend. And that was an interesting combination. πŸ™‚

Happy Diwali!!!

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  1. Lee says

    March 23, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    i will definitely try this one….i love puranpolis πŸ™‚

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