Puran Poli – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

For Puran:

• Take chana dal and wash it really well. Add 2 1/2 cups water and soak it for at least 3 hours.
• Transfer the dal with water in the cooker and cook on medium heat until 3 whistles.
• Drain excess water with the help of a strainer.
• Do not throw away this water. You can use it to make katachi amti. Add a little mashed dal with it if you want.
• Mash the dal with potato masher really good. No grains of dal should be left behind.
• Transfer the dal into a microwave-safe bowl and add grated gudh. Mix well.
• Microwave puran for just 2 minutes. After 2 minutes take the bowl out and mix puran well.
• Microwave Puran again for 3 more minutes. Take out and mix well again.
• Microwave it again for 3 minutes. Though it looks a bit thin, it will thicken up as it will cool down.
• Add nutmeg powder and mix well. Puran is already.
• You can cook Puran on gas too. Mix mashed dal and jaggery and cook on medium heat.
• Stir continuously and cook until Puran thickens up.

For Dough:

• On a plate, take wheat flour. Add maida and salt to taste.
• You can change the proportion of wheat flour and maida according to your taste. Mix well.
• Add a little water at a time and make a soft dough of it.
• Don’t add more water at a time.
• The dough should be a little thin.
• Add oil and knead the dough again.
• Repeat the procedure until the dough doesn’t stick to your hand.
• Transfer the dough into a bowl, cover, and give it a standing time of at least 1-1 1/2 hours.
• Take a medium size ball of dough and make pari.
• You can roll 6” poli from this ball, stuff Puran like paratha, and make Puran Poli too.
• But Puran poli turns out better if you make pari.
• Stuff ouran in pari and seal it from all sides.
• Dip it in dry flour and roll poli.
• Heat up a pan on medium heat. When the pan is enough hot, transfer the rolled poli to the pan.
• Roast from one side for just 2 minutes until small bubbles begin to appear.
• Flip over and spread a little ghee.
• You can use oil if you like.
• Flip over again and spread ghee on another side again.
• Roast from both sides really good.
• Puran Poli is already. Serve with lots of ghee.