Quick and easy Paruppu Poli recipe / Sweet poli recipe, boli , obbatu, bele holigea, puran poli, dal poli and many names for a sweet. In Tamilnadu and Karnataka they prepare with maida for dough. And in Maharashtra they prepare with atta for dough.
The stuffing can be like dal, jaggery, coconut and bengal gram [potukadalai]. My mom use to prepare poli with bengal gram[potukadalai] and coconut.
Today I am going to prepare with channa dal, coconut and jaggery stuffing. And I will be using banana leaf to flatten the dough. ok let’s get started with the recipe.
Ingredients to make Paruppu poli recipe
All purpose flour / maida – To make outer cover we use all purpose flour
Chana dal – To make paruppu poli i have used chana dal you can also use chana dal and toor dal combination
Coconut
Jaggery
Ghee
Oil
Salt
Water
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Quick and easy Poli recipe / How to make poli
Ingredients
For Dough
- 1 cup Maida
- 1/4 cup Oil
- 1/4 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Salt
For Stuffing
- 1 cup Cooked chana dal
- 3/4 cup Coconut
- 3/4 cup Jaggery
- 1/4 cup Water
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom
Instructions
- In a bowl take 1 cup flour, 1tsp salt now add water as required and knead it to a soft dough
- Soak the dough with ¼ cup oil, be generous in adding oil to get soft poli , soak the dough for 3 hrs or more
- Heat Kadai, add ¾ cup Jaggery and ¼ cup water let the jaggery dissolve
- Once the jaggery syrup starts to boil , add ¾ coconut and stir well cook on medium flame
- Now add 1 cup cooked and mashed dal then mix well
- Cook for 5 minutes or till the mixture thickens add cardamom powder and switch off the flame
- After the dough had rested for 3 hrs, knead the dough once, and take a small ball sized dough and equal size stuffing
- Use banana leaf or polythene sheet or baking paper to flatten the dough flatten the dough and keep the stuffing inside and seal the edges
- Apply some oil and flatten the dough with hand it should be thin
- Place the poli in hot tawa ,( I placed in tawausing banana leaf )
- Cook on both the sides and apply ghee, flame should be in medium
- Now serve the Poli/Boli/Holigea/obbatu with some ghee
Notes
- While cooking the dal do not overcook it ,make sure to retain its shape
- Blend the chana dal to smooth paste or mash it very well
- I did not add turmeric to dough as my mom does not add so followed her but you can add turmeric powder to the dough