Maharashtra special puran poli recipe must try

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Ingredients:

1. 1 cup chickpeas (chana dal)
2. 2 cup water
3. 1/2 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
4. 1/4th tsp nutmeg (jaiphal)
5. 1/2 cup jaggery
6. 1/4th cup sugar
7. 1/4th tsp turmeric powder
8. 1 and 1/2 cup wheat flour
9. 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida)
10. Water to need dough
11. A pinch of salt
12. 1 tsp oil
13. Desi ghee to cook poli

Method:

Wash the dal and soak it for 5 hours then put it in a pressure cooker and add 2 cups of water and cook it until you get 3 to 4 whistle if you feel the dal is cooked completely then off the flame and then strain the dal so that the excess water to be removed completely then mash the dal or better you grind it so that it becomes soft start cooking it on medium flame add jaggery and sugar and keep cooking keep stirring as it is sweet so it may get sticked from bottom so keep stirring do not panic by seeing that the mixture has become water as you added sweet so it's natural cook it until the mixture becomes thick you can check it by reversing the ladle if the mixture do not fall then it's the perfect consistency now add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder into it and off the flame after its cooled completely the mixture becomes more thick.

Now coming towards the dough for poli take wheat flour and maida and also a pinch of salt then using water knead soft dough use oil to make it soft at last and then close the lid and keep it on rest for 20 minutes now it's time to make poli before making poli remember that the consistency of dough and the mixture should be equal now take the dough and the mixture size in equal proportions now make the cavity in the dough as you make it for parathas also fill the mixture into it and by pressing the mixture into the dough take the dough upwards and seal it completely like paratha and roll it in the hands so that the puran gets distributed equally into the dough then dust it with some flour and on the flat surface press gently with your fingers and then spread it using rolling pin then cook the poli like you cook paratha use ghee to cook it the puran poli is ready to be served.