Poli- sweet , spicy

 the soft dough

how to stuff

being cooked on a tava.

Sweet poli

Ingredients for stuffing

Chana dal/ arhar/ tuvar    1 cup       sugar/ jaggery/ gur  ¾ cup       cardamom pdr 1 tsp

 For covering- maida/ all purpose flour 1 ½ -2 cups, a pinch of salt, ½ tsp turmeric pdr. – knead all these well with water to make a soft dough. Last add a tsp of oil & knead, then it will be soft.

Method

For stuffing- pressure cook the dal till soft, then grind it along with sugar/ gur. Then take out the paste in a thick kadai/ non stick pan, keep stirring on medium heat till dry, add cardamom pdr & remove. Keep this aside, this can be done a day before also.

To make poli, take a small lemon sized ball of dough, spread it or roll it a slightly, add stuffing, cover it well & roll into a thin roti, making sure the stuffing doesn’t come out. Then heat a tava, cook the poli on both sides, once it turns slightly brown or gets brown spots, add little ghee./ butter on both sides, cook & remove.

Incase, you’ve left over, don’t worry, it lasts for 2 days in dry weather outside, or you can refrigerate it & heat for 20-30 seconds in microwave to eat, it tastes good.

Alternative stuffing

Yellow pumpkin grated fine or ground 1 cup           sugar ¾ cup     coconut grated ½ cup

Cardamom pdr 1 tsp. cook all the ingredients except cardamom pdr in a heavy pan, till the mixture becomes thick, then add cardamom pdr, cool & stuff like before.

Spicy poli

Ingredients

Chana dal/ arhar./ tuvar dal 1 cup       ginger 1 tbsp          green chilies 4-5 or as per taste

Salt as per taste.      Hing ¼ tsp

Pressure cook the dal, then grind with rest of the ingredients. Then cook it in a heavy pan, till the mixture is thick.

Then stuff like the sweet poli & cook on both sides.