Puranpoli


I have been so excited ever since Zlamushka announced this month's Tried & Tasted, celebrating Bee & Jai's blog, Jugalbandi. My favorites folder is overflowing with their recipes that I have been wanting to try, but my laziness and IQ (Inefficiency Quotient!) have been steadily growing as well. This blog has been getting ignored on some or the other lame excuse, for quite some time now.However, when I came across this recipe, I could not wait , as I had run out of excuses , to not make this.
All ingredients at hand ? Check.
Reasonably easy? Yep
Not unhealthy ? Nearly
Can it make a one dish meal ? Certainly
Will Shiv like it ? Oh yes
Do I like it ? Yes, yes, yes
Selfish as it may sound, the last one was the clincher.
Now there are only three sweet dishes that I really adore, Thai Sticky Rice with Mango, Ada Pradhaman and Puranpoli.
I no longer find fresh mangoes here so the first one is out. Ada pradhaman, I am too scared to attempt(what if I mess it up and then stop liking it too!). Finally, Puranpoli always seemed to be too much work and too much maida (white, refined flour) and so I almost never get to eat any home made sweets.
Bee's mom's amazing puranpoli are a blessing, made with wholewheat flour and very little ghee..no way was I going to pass these up.
They were also suprisingly easy to roll out, it took less than 1 minute to roll out each, and for someone whose rotis are rarely round, these turned out pretty decent.
The only variations I made:
1. I used our regular Roti dough, made with atta and water, as I had some that needed using up. I am certain that milk would have made the polis exceptionally softer, and that is what I will do when I next make these ( and that's going to be soon, I think)
2. Since the dough had no salt, I added a pinch of salt to the dal. A little salt does give a nice edge to the sweetness.
The verdict:
Exceptionally delicious, the atta makes it much more hearty and moreish, and compliments the earthy chana dal beautifully.
This is a truly special post and I cannot thank Bee enough for sharing her amma's recipe. These are easily the best Puranpolis I have had.
P.S : Getting carried away by the lovely pics at Jugalbandi, I also tried to roll all my polis stacked on each other , which gave them a scrumptious, crumbly top, that screamed for a dab of ghee. Go ahead and try that, these are totally worth it!
These have been inspiring in more ways than one, making me bloggish again. From now on, I will try and post at least once a week, every Friday, and stay better connected to this wonderful blog group.
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21 comments:

  1. Poli looks divine, Rashmi! Good choice!

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  2. This looks insanely good- brought back so many memories:)
    It's been ages since I've eaten this!

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  3. the puranachi poli looks perfect rashmi.......i have always seen it made with roti flour though....i love it with a huge dab of asli ghee placed on a straight from the tava poli..........just love it

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  4. it's funny your 3 fav desserts are my three fav too - ada pradhaman is the only milk based kheer i like. and i love th vegan one with mung and coconut milk. delicious polis. now i've gotta make them.

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  5. I love poli.Yours look delicious. Did not know of this event will check it out.

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  6. Yummyyyyyy puranpoli, look mouth-drooling!!!

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  7. LOOKS STUNNING! Bookmarked it to try!

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  8. they look too good.. ur recipe inspired me :):)

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  9. This is on my favorite folder too though I'm unsure if i'll get to it by this month...
    Yours looks perfect! :)

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  10. Every bit of poli is heaven for me....

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  11. niceeee polis!!looks so perfect and yummy.Good try

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  12. Perfect looking polis. I've made something similar on my blog....only, it uses maida and is not as healthy as yours is.

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  13. OMG Rashmi,this is awesome.your parathas are great looking and hard to resist.Nice post too.

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  14. They look awesome those soft polis :)

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  15. Good that you are feeling 'blogish again'. Missed you.Puranpoli expert ... you have made me realise another inability of mine. :-) That stack makes a great pic. :-)

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  16. Long time since I had these..Makes me want to them now..The puranpolis are looking great..

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  17. puran poli an all time fav gujarati dish. learnt to make it from my mom in law. my hubby loves it. this is really easy. will try it out

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  18. puran poli is one of the heavenly delights....and a tough task to accomplish. and i love mine with lots of ghee....theres a reason to actually using the ghee with it..the ghee helps digest the heavy puranpolis.

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  19. That looks great...must make and eat..

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  20. amma used to make the perfect polis ... and its been ages since i have had them... neither did i know how to make them... would love to try this di...

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  21. mmmmmmm this is on my list. i am trying to go thru all guju dishes. check out my blog : food-fanatic.blogspot.com
    I have added a link to ur blog on my site. feel free to add me on urs :)

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