POORAN POLI [MAHARASTRA]

INGREDIENTS:-

1. Boiled Bengal gram       1 cup  
2. Jaggery                           3/4 cup
3. Nutmeg                          a pinch
4. Maida                             2 cups
5. Salt                                 1/4 tsp
6. Ghee                               1/2 cup
7. Oil                                  1/2 cup
8. Water                              2 cups

METHOD:-

• Soak Bengal gram for 2 hours and pressure cook for 1 whistle.
• Drain the water completely and retain for preparing rasam.
• Powder jaggery and grind with cooked Bengal gram.
• Heat 4 tsp of ghee in a pan, add the ground dhal mix and fry for a minute.
• Cool down. Add little water to nutmeg and rub and add the water to the paste and mix.
• Mix maida, salt, and ghee to a dough and keep it aside for 2 hours.
• Make small balls and press like puri and keep a spoonful of the ground paste in the middle.
• Close the sides of the dough and make it to a round shape.
• Apply oil to the fingers and press in a circular motion, and make thick chapati
• Heat tawa, fry the poli on both sides adding oil.
• Fry on low flame until crisp. Serve with ghee.