How To Make Puran Poli in Maharashtrian Style

Puran Poli Recipe in English

Puran Poli is one of the most famous sweets of Maharashtra, which is eaten with great love by everyone from children to adults. This dish is specially made on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi and Diwali. Puran Poli is usually a type of roti in which stuffing is done by mixing gram lentils and jaggery. Apart from jaggery, we can also use sugar and cardamom powder in it. Actually, Puran Poli is made from many pulses. But Puran Poli made from gram lentils is more popular. So, let's know about the method of making it and the ingredients used in it. Hope you like this recipe. 

Ingredients

For Puran:

-1 cup chana dal

-¼ tsp turmeric powder

-¼ tsp salt

-3 cups water

-1 tsp oil

-1 cup jaggery/sugar

-¼ tsp nutmeg powder

-¼ tsp cardamom powder

For the dough:

-2 cups wheat flour

-½ cup all-purpose flour

-¼ tsp turmeric

-¼ tsp salt

-Water, for kneading

Other Ingredients:

-¼ cup wheat flour

-Oil/ghee for frying

Puran Poli in Maharashtrian Style

Instructions

How to make Puran:

1. Firstly, take 1 cup chana dal in a large bowl and soak it in enough water for 3 hours. Some chana dal needs to be soaked for just ½ hour.

2. Now, in a pressure cooker, place a vessel filled with water at the bottom of the cooker. Add ¼ tsp turmeric, ¼ tsp salt, 3 cups water and 1 tsp oil to the soaked chana dal. Cook on medium flame till 5 whistles. When the pressure reduces, open the cooker and drain the water. Leave it for 30 minutes, making sure that all the water from the chana dal drains out.

3. Put the cooked chana dal in a pan and add 1 cup jaggery to it. Mix well till the jaggery melts. Keep mixing while mashing the chana dal. Cook till the mixture thickens and separates from the pan. The mixture will start taking its shape. Cool the mixture a little and put it in the mixer. Also, add ¼ tsp nutmeg powder and ¼ tsp cardamom powder. Make a smooth paste without adding water. Now place a sieve over a large bowl and pour the prepared mixture.

4. Strain the chana dal mixture through a sieve. This will ensure that no chana dal remains. Puran is ready.

Preparing the dough for Puran Poli:

1. Firstly, take 2 cups wheat flour, ½ cup maida, ¼ tsp turmeric and ¼ tsp salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix well and make sure everything is well combined. Now add water as required and knead the dough well. Knead well to make a smooth and soft dough.

2. Add 1 tbsp of oil and continue kneading the dough. Knead to make a very smooth and soft dough. Then apply 1 tsp oil and keep it covered for 30 minutes.

Making Puran Poli:

- Firstly, take a ball-sized dough and flatten it well.

- Also take a ball-sized Puran (chana dal stuffing)

- Place the Puran in the center of the dough.

-Fill the stuffing in the Puran and tightly cut the excess dough.

-Further, sprinkle wheat flour on the ball and flatten it with your hand.

-Keep in mind that the Puran poli should be thin and should not tear from the center so that the stuffing comes out, so roll it in one direction only.

-Now, place the rolled Puran poli on a hot pan.

-Cook it on a medium flame till it puffs up.

-Apply oil/ghee on it and cook by flipping and pressing lightly on both sides.

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