Puran Poli | Obbattu | Boli

Puran poli/ Obbattu/ Boli is a sweet flat bread prepared by stuffing the dough with chana dal , jaggery mixture and rolling it ,cooking on tawa as we use to prepare stuffed paratha. It is mostly prepared during the festival Ugadi. Here i have used both jaggery and sugar for the sweetness.For the outer layer both maida and wheat flour is used.

Prep Time:1 hr 30 mins(including Soaking time)
Cook Time:30 mins
Prepared 15 polis (Numbers depend on the size of dough and filling we take for each poli)

Note: Outer layer can be prepared with either maida or wheat flour alone.
Ingredients:

For Stuffing:

• 1 cup channa dal/ Kadala paruppu
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 cup powdered jaggery
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp ghee
• 1 tsp dry ginger powder
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder /crushed cardomom

For Outer Layer:

• 1 cup wheat flour
• 1 cup All purpose flour/maida 
• 2 tsp oil 
• 2 tsp ghee
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• water as required 

Method:

Dough Preparation:

• In a bowl mix wheat flour, all purpose flour/maida,turmeric powder and salt,add water as required and prepare the dough.
• Now add ghee ,oil and knead the dough,
• The dough should be smooth and soft. cover and keep aside for minimum 1 hr.

Stuffing Preparation:

• Rinse the channa dal  and soak it in water for 1 hr. 
• In a pressure cooker, add water and cook the channa dal for 5 whistles.(Add water till the dal gets immersed,no need to pour more).
• In case if there is excess water ,strain it from the cooked dal and smash the dal with a laddle.
• In a pan take jaggery,sugar,cardomom powder and dry ginger powder and pour 1/4 cup water.
• Boil it till the jaggery melts and filter it,this is done to remove the dirts from sugar and jaggery.
• Heat ghee in a pan,add the mashed dal and jaggery syrup, saute for a few seconds.
• Keep stirring on low flame until the mixture becomes thick and dry.
• switch off the flame and allow it to cool.

Poli Preparation:

• Take some sweet dal mixture and make round balls of your desired size.
• Take a medium or large size ball from the dough.touch some ghee in your finger and press it in the centre of the dough and place a ball of puran mixture.
• Bring the edges together towards the center and join all the edges, pinch them and remove the excess dough.Now make a ball shape by gently rolling between your palms.
• Sprinkle some flour , place the stuffed ball and press it with your fingers to make a circle and then start rolling the dough with the rolling pin. Roll them either thin or thick depending  on your taste and preferences.  
• Apply some ghee on the heated tawa and place the rolled poli.Cook the poli on medium flame. 
• When one side gets cooked, turn over and cook the other side till you see some brown spots.
• Once the other side gets browned, then turn over and apply ghee.
• The poli gets puffed up.Poli is ready to serve.
• Repeat the same with the remaining dough and filling....