Puran Poli

Puran poli is a maharshtrian delicacy made on the festival of holi. It is a roti with stuffing of chana dal and jaggery.

You will need 2 cups of chana dal and 2 cups of jaggery for this recipe. You need to pressure cook the dal till it is soft and mushy. Remove all the water from the pot and use only the dal.

Now, take a different pot and add the measured jaggery with the dal residue/paste and set it on medium flame. As the jaggery starts melting, you will notice that the mixture starts to become moist. Continue stirring it until you notice that the mixture starts binding together. If you put the spatula in the mixture and it stands upright without falling down, then you know for sure that the mix is ready (a trick told to me by my mom).Turn of the flame and add some cardammon powder or nutmeg powder once it is slightly cool.

Make sure you strain the chana dal mixture through a strainer (puran Yantra) in order to avoid any lumps. This will make the rotis soft and easy to roll.

Now make very soft dough with wheat flour as you would for making rotis. It should be really soft. Now, take a small ping pong sized ball of dough and start making a small roti out of it using a rolling pin. Fill in a spoonful of the dal and jaggery mixture in it and fold it in a ball and roll out a flat think roti. Roast it on a hot pan from both sides till it is roasted properly or till you see brown spots. Serve with clarified butter or ghee.