Puran poli / Bele obbattu

Type: Sweet

Serving: 10 to 12 nos

Preparation time: 1 Hour

Ingredients:

All purpose flour(Maida) – 150 grams

Bombay rava(Samolina)  - 100 grams

Salt a pinch

Oil – 1 ½ cup

Ghee – ½ cup

Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon

Cinnamon powder – 1 teaspoon

Arhar dal/ toor dal – 100 grams

Water

Grated coconut – 1 cup

Refined Jaggery – 100 grams

Nutmeg powder- 2 pinch

Preparation Method:

Take a bowl put maida, rava, salt, 1½ cup of water, turmeric powder mix it prepare a soft dough finally add oil little by little mix it close a lid keep it aside for resting atleast for 1hour.

Soak dal for 30 minutes, place a vessel on the flame with water of ½ liter let it boil put soaked arhar dal turmeric powder a teaspoon of oil cook dal , till it is cooked exactly( i.e,dal should not be too much mashy it should be cracked in center).

After dal is cooked stain the water from it lower the flame put crushed jaggery in it mix it in between till jaggery is Completely melt, put grated coconut cook dal for 10 minutes. Lastly add cardamom powder & nutmeg powder turnoff the  flame. Let it cool then grind it in a mixer into a fine thick paste without adding anymore water. Adding extra water may spoil the stuffing consistency & also you cannot store it for a longer time.

Now take a banana leaf show it to the fire just to make it soft or plastic sheet grease it with oil, grease your hands, take a small amount of dough spread  it on the leaf without any hole in it make a small ball of stuffing fill it in the dough & pat the poli into round shape heat a pan place the poli on it roast it on both the sides with some ghee or oil serve it. Do the same with remaining stuff & dough.

Best served with ghee, coconut & poppy seeds kheer, warm milk, ripe mango pulp.