Puran boli
By: Madhumathi
Website: http://madhusfoodjournal.blogspot.com
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Category: Vegetarian
Dish type: Dessert
Key ingredients: All purpose flour,Bengal gram,Jaggery,Coconut
Time: More than 2 hours
Procedure:
Ingredients :
1 cup maida
50 ml gingely oil
1 cup chana dal 'bengal gram' (soaked and bolied)
1 cup jaggery
1/2 cup grated coconut
A pinch of baking soda
salt to taste
ghee
Procedure :
1.To the maida add the baking soda and a pinch of salt and mix well..Add water to make a soft dough .Add half of the oil and work well in the dough.Allow it to sit for 2 - 3 hours..The dough will then become very strechy..
Make small balls out of it.
2.Boil 1/2 cup water and add the jaggery.Once it is dissolved remove from fire and strain them.
3.Boil the soaked chana dal .Add the jaggery syrup and coconut.Keep stirring until it binds together Allow to cool and grind them to a paste.This is the puran.
4.Make the puran into lemon sized balls..Grease your hands with oil..Press the dough ball in the plate with ur fingers ..They will strech out..Place the puran(stuffing) in it and gently pull the edges in the middle covering the puran entirely.
5.In a greased plastic sheet or cookie sheet ,gently flaten the stuffed ball into a thick circle .
6.Heat an iron griddle..place the boli on it.Brush some oil it.Cook till brown spots appear on both sides...
Serve hot with some ghee...
