Recipe

Puran Poli

Recipes/Puran Poli

Sweet Maharashtrian flatbread stuffed with dal-jaggery filling

Prep

30 min

Cook

30 min

Serves

10

Level

hard

Ingredients

  • 1 cup toor dal
  • 1 cup jaggery, grated
  • 2 cups wheat flour
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • Oil for dough

Method

  1. 1

    Cook dal until very soft, drain excess water completely.

  2. 2

    Add jaggery to hot dal, cook on low until it forms a thick paste (puran).

  3. 3

    Add cardamom and nutmeg, let it cool.

  4. 4

    Make soft dough with flour, turmeric and oil, rest 30 minutes.

  5. 5

    Stuff puran balls inside dough balls, roll out thin.

  6. 6

    Cook on hot tawa with ghee until golden spots on both sides.