Tuesday, 15 May 2007

BOLI ( पूरण पोली )

For Poornam:

Chana dal (Gram dal) - 1/2 cup fully cooked
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Sugar/Jaggery - 1 glass
Cardamom - 1 tsp

Procedure:
  1. Grind the coconut with the cooked dal and then add sugar/jaggery to it.
  2. Heat a pan, put the above and add Cardamom.

For the dough:

maida - 1 cup
Gingelly oil - 3 tbsp
Water - enough to make the dough
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Procedure:

  1. Mix maida with little gingelly oil and little turmeric water(add turmeric to the water) and knead it like soft-chapathi dough. Soak for 2 hrs.

Procedure For Boli:

  1. After 2 hrs when the dough is soft enough,make small balls out of it and roll them into small rotis.For making boli use Maida Flour.
  2. Then take a tbsp of poornam and keep it in the center if the rolled boli.
  3. Close all the sides of the poornam with the boli.Check if its closed completely.
  4. Again press it slowly with the roller and make medium circles.
  5. Heat the tawa and place the boli onit.Turn it and add ghee on its sides.
  6. When it turns Golden brown on both sides,remove it from fire.

Serve it hot or cold with honey or ghee.

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