Normally people make the poli stuffing using chana dal, which is pressure cooked, ground in mixer, for salty-spicy poli grind ginger and green chilies to taste , add dal grind well, remove put in the heavy kadai or non-stick pan add the ground dal, add salt to taste, keep stirring till the mixture is thick adding some hing also. Those who like garlic may grind garlic with green chilies and ginger.
I added about I washed and soaked almost equal quantities of each dal, then added some water and kept in the pressure pan till it started boiling, then I covered the pan for about 2 hours. Then added just enough water to cook the dals putting whistle, for 2 whistles. Once cooled, I could mash the dals well with a serving spoon. kept roughly 65 % for making spicy poli, in the rest added gur almost equal quantity of dal, kept cooking stirring till it became thick, added 1.2 tsp of cardamom pdr, mixed well, remove to cool.
For the spicy stuffing, was lazy to take out mixi, as one I didn't have any fresh ginger, so finely chopped 2 green chilies, as the quantity of cooked dal mist have been 1 cup.Then added about 1 teaspoon of dry ginger powder, salt and hing little, kept cooking stirring till it became thick.
Made the outer covering , I added about 200 gm of maida in a bowl, added 1/2 tsp of turmeric pdr. and 2 tsp of oil, with little salt. mixed all well, then added little water to make a soft dough.
Took small lemon size ball, shaped like a small cup with my fingers, put enough stuffing, covered well from all sides, dusted some atta( wheat flour) rolled it as thin as I could. then cooked on a hot tawa, till brown spots came on both sides. added ghee to cook it for another 2 minutes on low flame.
I added about I washed and soaked almost equal quantities of each dal, then added some water and kept in the pressure pan till it started boiling, then I covered the pan for about 2 hours. Then added just enough water to cook the dals putting whistle, for 2 whistles. Once cooled, I could mash the dals well with a serving spoon. kept roughly 65 % for making spicy poli, in the rest added gur almost equal quantity of dal, kept cooking stirring till it became thick, added 1.2 tsp of cardamom pdr, mixed well, remove to cool.
For the spicy stuffing, was lazy to take out mixi, as one I didn't have any fresh ginger, so finely chopped 2 green chilies, as the quantity of cooked dal mist have been 1 cup.Then added about 1 teaspoon of dry ginger powder, salt and hing little, kept cooking stirring till it became thick.
Made the outer covering , I added about 200 gm of maida in a bowl, added 1/2 tsp of turmeric pdr. and 2 tsp of oil, with little salt. mixed all well, then added little water to make a soft dough.
Took small lemon size ball, shaped like a small cup with my fingers, put enough stuffing, covered well from all sides, dusted some atta( wheat flour) rolled it as thin as I could. then cooked on a hot tawa, till brown spots came on both sides. added ghee to cook it for another 2 minutes on low flame.