PURAN POLI

INGREDIANTS:

• 450 gms Chana Dal
• 500 gms Sugar (Cheeni) or Jaggery (Gud)
• 200 gms Wheat Flour (Gehun Ka Atta)
• 100 gms Maida
• 1tsp pinch of salt 2tps Cardamom (Elaichi) &Nutmeg (Jaiphal)
• powdered Pure ghee for serving

METHOD:

• Wash the chana dal and cook in pressure cooker with a little or just enough water.
• Pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistle. Then turn off the flame.
• Let the pressure cooker cool down and then drain out the extra water.
• Heat a deep pan and add cooked chana dal and sugar/jaggery in it and let this mixture cook over medium heat. Sugar/jaggery will melt and mixture becomes thin in consistency.
• keep stirring over medium heat until mixture become thick. Add cardamom &Nutmeg powder and mix. Don't let the mixture stick to the bottom of pan.keep aside to cool.
• Mix the wheat flour, Maida, salt and enough water for smooth dough.
• Keep it aside for an 1/2 hour.
• Divide the dal mixture into medium size balls and the flour dough into slightly smaller balls and roll them out a little.
• Place the dal mixture ball in the centre of the rolled flour dough and close it to cover the filling completely.
• Roll out into a chapatti and bake on a non stick tawa till done on both sides, adding a little ghee around.
• Fry till done.
• Serve hot with pure ghee.