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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Puran Poli

Ingredients for the Recipe

• 1 cup chana dal
• 1 cup sugar
• 1½ cups maida
• 1 pinch kesar powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 8 tbsp oil
• 2-3 cardamom pods

Recipe (How to Make):

1. Sieve maida. Mix kesar powder in ½ cup water and mix it with maida.
2. Knead well using a little oil to make a soft dough.
3. Keep aside for 1 to 2 hours.
4. Wash chana dal and allow it to boil in water till it becomes soft.
5. Decant water on top. Put sugar to the cooked dal.
6. Turn over constantly, till it forms a lump.
7. Grind to a smooth paste, without adding water.
8. Before removing, put cardamom and grind for some time.
9. Puran is ready.
10. Make lime-sized pellets of 'puran' and an equal number of pellets of the 'dough'.
11. Dust the latter with maida and roll into small puris.
12. Keep a pellet of 'puran' on each puri.
13. Enclose it fully with the puri, by folding up the edge all around.
14. Spread a newspaper on wooden board.
15. Roll the poli balls on it, into puris.
16. Keep chapathi tawa on a low flame.
17. Roast polis on both sides gently, 2 to 3 at a time.
18. Lay the roasted puran polis on a clean piece of cloth.
19. Ready to serve.