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Sweet Poli

Sweet Poli


Since i am updating my blog after a long time, i thought it would be good to start with a sweet dish "SWEET POLI". Though there are many ways for preparing this recipe, this  is my way of preparing Poli.
The Ingredients required are :
All Purpose Flour - 3 cups
Warm Water - 2 1/4 cups
Channa Dal - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1 cup ( grated )
Cooking Oil - 4 tbsp
Cardamom - 3 or 4 (crushed after removing the skin)

Now, let's see how to prepare :

1. Put the all purpose flour, salt , warm water and 2 tbsp oil  and make into a dough. The dough  
   consisterncy is a little softer than chapathi dough. The proportion of water and flour which i have  
   given will be correct for the consistency. Pour 2 tbsp oil again and spread it over the dough, keep 
   aside for 2 hours.




2.  Pressure cook the channa dal for 5 minutes , drain the excess water and cool it.
     Now, add the grated jaggery to the cold  cooked dal and grind them together .
     Do not add water for grinding.


3. Now, put this dal mix in a non stick pan , in low heat . Keep stirring it often , so that the excess
    water dries up. This will help us to store the poli for more days. Then make medium size balls
    from this dal jaggery mix.

Our stuffing balls are ready!!

4.  Make small balls from the dough. Take 2 balls and flatten them into small circles. On one small
     chapathi, spread one ball of stuffing, place another small chapathi on the spreaded chapathi.
     See the photo...





5. Heat a tawa and cook these stuffed chapathis on both sides by adding oil till golden brown spots 
    occur.



  Hot Sweet Polis are ready to eat ...... hmmmm.... yummy ....

  You can eat it hot or even the next day. My son enjoys eating the stuffing balls and calls it ladoo :)
  
  Enjoy the Sweet Polis and post your comments ...
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  1. UnknownJuly 10, 2010 at 3:40 AM

    At step 3, you can add 3/4 cup of grated/decicted coconut and reduce the quantity of daal a little. this will give u sweet thenga poli, which is equally tastier.

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  2. KannanJanuary 22, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    Nice post.

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  3. கரு கா சரவணன்January 11, 2019 at 6:09 PM

    Here

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