India

Puran Poli

Name: Puran Poli
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 pieces
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 200 g Wheat flour; 150 g Split chickpeas (chana dal); 150 g Jaggery; some of each Cardamom & nutmeg; 3 tbsp Ghee; as needed Water & salt

Sweet stuffed flatbread from Maharashtra

Puran poli is a sweet flatbread from Maharashtra, filled with a paste of chickpeas and jaggery.

It is made especially for festivals like Holi and Gudi Padwa and eaten warm, drizzled with ghee.

Servings6 pieces

Time60 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Wheat flour200 g
Split chickpeas (chana dal)150 g
Jaggery150 g
Cardamom & nutmegsome of each
Ghee3 tbsp
Water & saltas needed

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Boil the chana dal soft and drain.
Cook down with jaggery and spices into a thick paste.
Knead a soft dough and let it rest.
Roll the dough, fill with paste and roll again.
Cook golden on the griddle with ghee.

Make it original

Jaggery and chana dal for puran poli are in the Asia Boutique.

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