Puran poli is a popular south indian sweet which is a sweet flat bread filled with sweet chana dal filling and cooked in ghee till golden. Poli with step by step pictures and video included in this recipe.
Puran Poli | Puran Poli Recipe | Recipe for Puran Poli
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About Puran Poli
Puran poli is one of my favorite sweet. For me puran poli has to be soft, flaky and thin..When you try to make them at home they turn out to be like a thick stuffed paratha, but the store bought ones are super thin and soft.
I was not sure how they do it. But my perimma knows, she is called "The Poli Expert" in our place. She makes the best poli during diwali time. I always wanted to post that recipe in my blog, and few days back i asked her about this. And immediately she got into actions. Within 1 hour she made a plate full of piping hot poli.
Pro Tips
There are certain points which you have to remember when making poli's. I have consolidated all those and mentioned in the notes section. Make sure you read the complete recipe as well as notes section before you start cooking. Now with no more delay off you go to the recipe.
- Take dough should be very sticky, this will make the softest poli. You can see the picture, the dough should look like a sticky thick paste.
- Resting of dough for a hour is important, this will make soft poli. So make the dough first and then start with the filling.
- Cooking channa dal for the correct time is important. If it gets over cooked then when you grind this, it will leach out water and become mushy, like a paste. When it is cooked properly, when you grind, it will become like a powder.
- Don't heat the sugar and channa dal mixture for a long time. This will make it runny. Once it is heated a little, remove it and shape into balls.
- If you want you can mix the powdered sugar and powdered dal and shape it immediately into balls. But heating it a little makes it more tasty.
- The filling should be three times bigger than dough size. This way you will get a tasty poli.
- Dip the ball in rice flour only for the first time and when you roll the poli.
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Puran Poli | Puran Poli Recipe | Recipe for Puran Poli
Puran poli is a popular south indian sweet which is a sweet flat bread filled with sweet chana dal filling and cooked in ghee till golden. Poli with step by step pictures and video included in this recipe.
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Ingredients
- For Outer Dough:
- Maida / All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
- Yellow Food Coloring - a pinch
- Gingelly Oil / Nala Ennai / Indian Sesame Oil - 4 tblspn
- Water - ¾ cup and adjust
- For Sweet Filling:
- Channa Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1 cup
- Sugar - 1 ¼ cup
- Cardamom Powder / Yelakai - 2 tsp or 6 pods
- Cloves / Krambu -2
- For Making Poli:
- Rice Flour - 1 cup
- Ghee as needed
Instructions
- Start by making the poli dough. Take water, food colouring in a mixing bowl and mix well. Now add in flour and make into a sticky dough. The dough should be not be stiff or soft, it should be sticky, check picture for more information. Now pour oil over it and mix once. Let the oil stay on the top. Leave the dough to rest for 1 hour.
- While the dough is resting make the filling. Take channa dal in a sauce pan and add water to it. bring it to boil and cook for 30 to 35 mins till it is ¾th cooked. It shouldn't get over cooked. It should be cooked enough and still holds its shape. Refer picture. If it gets over cooked then when you grind this, it will leach out water and become mushy, like a paste. When it is cooked properly, when you grind, it will become like a powder.
- When the dal is cooked, drain it in a colander and set aside till use. Now take sugar, cardamom and cloves in a blender and make it into a fine powder. Add this to the kadai which you use to make the filling.
- Now take the little cooled cooked channa dal in the same blender and blend it into a very soft powder, there shouldn't be any whole dal. Once it is powdered well, add it to the same kadai and mix well.
- Put this kadai on a very low heat and mix well. Dont keep on stove for a long time, if you heat it for a long time then the sugar will dissolve and the filling will become runny. Once the mixture starts to clump together like a dough, switch off the flame. It will take only a minute or so.
- Make small portions out of the filling and keep it on a plate.
- Now lets make the poli. First make the work station ready. Spread a sheet of newspaper. Take the dough, filling, rice flour, ghee, rolling pin and board. Heat a heavy bottom tawa on medium heat.
- For making the poli, First drain the excess oil in a small bowl. Keep that oil in use, because you can dip you fingers in that oil while shaping poli. Take a small portion of dough, put it directly on rice flour, this will make sure that it doesn't stick. Now take the filling ball and place it over the dough. Quickly wet your fingers in oil and cover the filling with the dough. Once it is done, spread the dough ball into a thin poli. You can dip this in rice flour as you roll.
- Once you have rolled, put the poli on hot tawa and cook for few seconds till it you see small bubbles forming. At this stage flip it over and sprinkle ghee over the poli. This side will take only few seconds to cook. Now flip again and sprinkle ghee over it. Now remove it using the back of the spatula carefully and place it on the side of newspaper. Repeat.
- Once done, serve immediately hot or warm.
Notes
- Take dough should be very sticky, this will make the softest poli. You can see the picture, the dough should look like a sticky thick paste.
- Resting of dough for a hour is important, this will make soft poli. So make the dough first and then start with the filling.
- Cooking channa dal for the correct time is important. If it gets over cooked then when you grind this, it will leach out water
and become mushy, like a paste. When it is cooked properly, when you
grind, it will become like a powder. - Don't heat the sugar and channa dal mixture for a long time. This will make it runny. Once it is heated a little, remove it and shape into balls.
- If you want you can mix the powdered sugar and powdered dal and shape it immediately into balls. But heating it a little makes it more tasty.
- The filling should be three times bigger than dough size. This way you will get a tasty poli.
- Dip the ball in rice flour only for the first time and when you roll the poli.
- When you keep the filling in and shape the ball, always use the reserved oil, this will make the poli soft. If you use too much rice flour for shaping the balls then the poli will turn hard.
- Try to use best ghee, this will make the poli smell great.
- Don't over cook the poli. Alway remove it from tawa when it is half cooked, because this poli keep on cooking as it cools. So if you cook for a longer time then it will turn hard.
- Poli can be stored in an air tight container for 3 days. If you want to keep for a longer time, then store it in fridge or freezer and microwave it when needed.
- Poli taste great the next day.
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Puran Poli with Step by Step Pictures
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| Take flour, food colour and oil |
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| Take water and food colour in a bowl.. Sorry for the messy picture |
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| Sprinkle flour over it |
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| Mix mix mix |
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| Beat like this..Look how sticky the dough it, it should be like that.. |
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| Pour oil over the dough and let it rest |
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| Take the channa dal and wash it well |
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| Take it in a pot and add water to it |
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| Cook till it is tender |
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| When you press the dal with your fingers, it should be slight firm but cooked |
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| Drain it |
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| Take sugar, cardamom and cloves in a blender |
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| powder it |
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| Add it to a kadai |
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| Take channa dal in a blender |
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| Powder it too. Look how the dal is powdered, this is why the dal should be cooked properly |
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| Add the powdered dal to the kadai |
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| First mix well with your hands |
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| Keep it on a low heat and mix |
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| Once it form a mixture like this, remove from heat |
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| Take a small portion of mix |
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| Shape into balls |
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| Arrange it on plate |
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| Get everything ready |
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| Dough, filling, rice flour, ghee |
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| First pour the excess oil |
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| Take a small portion, see how little the portion is |
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| Place it directly on rice flour |
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| Place a filling ball over the dough |
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| Cover it carefully |
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| Once it is completely covered |
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| Dip it in rice flour |
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| roll it |
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| Roll it thinly |
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| Put it on hot tawa |
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| Sprinkle over some ghee |
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| Once you see small bubbles forming, flip over |
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| Cook for few seconds.. |
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| Remove it carefully |
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| Done |
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| All done |
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| For your referral. Check out the size of dough and filling |
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| Enjoy |
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Shifa Asif
always loved this sweet..never knew how to make it..thanks a lot aarthi...luks really yummy 🙂
AparnaRajeshkumar
chance illa ... well prepared...
Shweet Spicess
Long procedure but totally worth 🙂 had this once in ananda bhavan and loved it to the core 🙂
EncourageSpice
this poli looks awesome.thanks to u & u r aunt for sharing such a wonderful recipe.will be so happy if u could share coconut poli recipe too.
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and healthy looking polis.
Deepa
Dipti Joshi
I always feel that it is an art to make perfect puran poli! 🙂
Indians Abroad
Hi Arthi,
Santhi again. Thank you for sharing this recipe with step by step instructions. I made these for Janmashtami along with thenguzhal murukku.
Have to say honestly, My paruppu was cooked as instructed but when I grinded it, it did not turn out like a powder. May be there was some water. Wonder how you did that. Anyway the final product was really awesome and also I am satisfied for first try.
sindhuja
Excellent. ..chance ah illa...super...going to try tis soon....btw perfect explanation. ..
SweKarthik
Nice sweet..thanks for the receipe
Anonymous
Please tell how to do the same with jaggery instead of sugar
khadhija
Thank u arthi for sharing this recipe.I tried this and came out super..
Anonymous
I tried this today. The filling was in the right consistency and tasted great. But the dough turned out disastrous.The balls could not be made.So I tried adding little bit more of maida but it did not work out.So I took rice flour & steamed kolukattais with the filling.It was awesome.Can u give more tips on preparation of the dough?
Aarthi
@AnonymousThere is no trick, you have to make the dough very sticky and very soft, that is the trick..
Anonymous
Your English is great
Anonymous
I like your English
Anonymous
Thanks for the wonderful recipe. I have tried today and it came out well.. My spl thanks to your periyamma. I don't have food color so I made with out color.
Priyadharisini
Hi aarthi.. Yummy recipe and u narrated beautifully.. Thanks to periyamma for sharing this recipe. I have a doubt.. Can v use jaggery instead of sugar?
Anonymous
Thank you so much for the lovely recipes I tried it and it came out well.
Aarthi
@PriyadharisiniI am not sure..But try adding..but sugar is what used.
parimaladevi
Hi aarthi ur blog is very useful to me, I love ur receives & ur pictures too..I like poli very much.when ever I need I bring from shop. So this time I'm gng to try ur receipe.it will take more time & process ah. Can we use jaggery instead of sugar.
Aarthi
@parimaladeviyes u can use
Murshidha Kalaam
Jus tried this.. Turned out super yummy... Thank u for the recipe... Am living away from home town and always missed this sweet which I used to buy from shop ... But not anymore...
Monisha
Heyy..Thanks for the wonderful recipe with step by step procedures and pics.It helped a lot.Tried and it came out really well...:-)
karthika
yesterday i tried your poli recipe..it was a hit at my home.Thanks for the wonderful presentation and best recipes.
baby
Hi thanks for the wonderful recipe. Please be aware that newspaper ink is toxic. Do not place any food on a newspaper especially when it's hot.
Vaishali Kadlag
It teast great with jaggery and wholewheat should be use for soft rotis.seive atta through maida chhalni and kneed it with oil and water..makes super soft puranpoli.
Anonymous
Wow nice receipe
Breeze P
HI Aarthi,
I am gonna try it today.. How long can we keep the filling (alone) to make fresh batch of polis whenever we want?
Aarthi
@Breeze Pu can store poli in fridge for 2 to 3 days
Anonymous
can v use Toor dal instead of Channa dal??
Aarthi
@Anonymouschana dal is what gives the taste
Suja Lijo
Thank you for the detailed steps, we could make almost perfect puran polis (its mine and my husband's favourite)...Thank You soooooo much... You r doing a great work.....
Shiny
Dear
Small advise
Please do not use news paper for draining oil as the carbon in it is harmful to us
Shiny