Holi Special Puran Poli My Way

This is an Indian bread stuffed with sweet mixture made of lentil, jaggery and some aromatics.

The colourful festival of Holi and  what comes to mind is the Puran Poli. I made it too, a little late in the day though! Like a good teacher I was busy teaching my students.....hehe...now since the exams are almost ending I am here with a special Maharahstrian recipe. Used the seasonal flower Tabibuia  Rosea to decorate my Poli. They are trumpet shaped purple flowers found in large numbers forming awesome flower beds in my colony........ Now here comes my recipe.....

Ingredients

For The dough
2 cups of whole wheat four
1 table spoon of semolina
2 table spoons of oil
A dash of salt
Mix all the above ingredients to a dough which is neither too firm nor too soft. Smear some oil, cover and let it sit for about half an hour.

For the stuffing
2 cups of split gram lentil/ chana dal pressure cooked with double the water to 5 whistles
2 cups of grated jaggery
1 tspn of green cardamom powder
1 tspn of nutmeg powder
Once the lentil is cooked, let it cool, drain ( this water can be used in your dals or a special soup is made with this which is called Katachi Amti in Marathi) and then mix the rest of the above mentioned ingredients and grind to a smooth mixture.

Transfer the ground mixture into a pan and cook till almost all the moisture evaporates, it should come to a consistency to make into balls to be stuffed in the dough. Leave it to cool. 

Method of making the poli

Make equal sized balls with the dough, stuff the mix into the dough, cover well, roll it gently and roast on a pan with oil or clarified butter or toop as it is called in Marathi, to a colour shown in my picture. Savour with a bowl of ghee. We love to dip each morsel in the lovely fresh home made ghee and stuff ourselves to satisfaction. You must try this too.