Puran Poli

Name: Puran Poli
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup chana dal (split chickpeas), soaked; 1 cup jaggery, grated; 1/2 tsp cardamom and a pinch of nutmeg; 1.5 cups plain flour or fine wheat flour; A pinch of turmeric; Ghee and oil

पुरण पोळी/POO-run POH-lee/

Also known as: Puranpoli, Holige, Obbattu, Bobbatlu, Sweet Lentil Flatbread

About this dish

A soft flatbread stuffed with a sweet filling of chana dal, jaggery, cardamom and nutmeg, served with ghee.

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Ingredients

🫘1 cup chana dal (split chickpeas), soaked

🍯1 cup jaggery, grated

🌿1/2 tsp cardamom and a pinch of nutmeg

🌾1.5 cups plain flour or fine wheat flour

🟡A pinch of turmeric

🧈Ghee and oil

Method

Serves 3

Make a soft, stretchy dough with the flour, turmeric, a little oil and water and rest for 1 hour.

Cook the chana dal until soft, drain, then cook with the jaggery until thick.

Mash or grind it smooth and stir in the cardamom and nutmeg.

Wrap a ball of filling in a piece of dough, seal and roll out thinly.

Cook on a hot griddle with ghee until spotted on both sides, and serve with more ghee.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Puran poli is the festival sweet of Maharashtra, made especially for Holi and Gudi Padwa; versions exist across southern India as obbattu and holige.

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