Puran Poli ( Lentil Stuffed Sweet Paratha)
Course: Main, Breakfast, BrunchCuisine: IndianDifficulty: EasyServings
6 medium paratha
servingsPrep time
25
minutesCooking time
15
minutesMade with flour, lentils, jaggery, cardamom and other spices, it’s eaten warm with the ghee. When you make it, a nice aroma fills your home. Very tasty and tempting. you can take it to your work, and travel also.
It is also known as puran puri, holige, obbattu, bobbatlu, poley, bakshamulu, and boli.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt or to taste
2 tbsp oil or ghee (clarified butter)
Water as needed
1 cup Chana dal ( split bengal gram)
1/2 cup jaggery – adjust as per taste
1/2 cup – for roasting and more for serving ( add more if like)
2 tbsp cardamom powder
¼ tsp cinnamon powder – Adjust as per taste
A pinch of nutmeg powder
⅓ cup grated coconut
Pinch of saffron strands (optional)
Directions
- Rinse the dal and boil it in enough water until soft but not mushy. Drain the excess water. Keep it aside.
- Mash the dal with a big serving spoon or potato masher
- Dough
- Take a big wide bowl and add 2 cups flour, (keep ½ cup for dusting) and salt. Mix dry ingredients.
- Add 1 tbsp oil or ghee and mix. Knead by adding water slowly till it becomes a soft dough.
- Apply remaining oil or ghee on top and cover with a lid or moist cloth and keep aside for about 20 to 30 minutes.
- Take a pan and put on slow heat. Add 2 tbsp ghee, wait for a minute for the ghee to heat up. Add dal and jaggery. Mix and roast on slow heat, stirring continuously to avoid burning, until the mixture thickens and leaves the side of the pan (about 5 minutes) and makes a thick dough
- Add coconut, cardamom, nutmeg powder, saffron and cinnamon. Mix very well. Keep aside for cooling.
- Take a tawa and put on medium heat.
- Take the dough and divide the dough into 6 equal sized balls.
- Take one piece of dough, put some dust on your surface, and roll it into a disc of about 2 inches. Add about 2 tbsp dal mixture and fold dough back into a ball. Let it rest for a few seconds.
- Roll again using flour dust into abot 5-7 inches flat bread. Roll very softly.
- Apply oil/ ghee on the tawa surface, and put on paratha.
- Roast both sides with oil or ghee till golden brown on both sides.
- Repeat to prepare the remaining.
- Serve warm with a dazzle of ghee on top. Enjoy the sweet and aromatic flavors!
Notes
- You can keep it for 2-3 days in the fridge. Tastes even better when you eat it the next day after heating it..
Dal stuffing can be made the previous day and stored in fridge to distribute work.
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