Coconut poli

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By Chandana Guptha

Mar, 17th

509

Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
9 - 11

Ingredients

  • Maida
  • Oil
  • Turmeric
  • Salt
  • Water
  • Jaggery
  • Coconut
  • Butter
  • Cardamom powder
  • Rice flour
  • Ghee

Instructions

  • In a wide bowl add maida, salt, and turmeric powder, mix well Add 1 tablespoon of sesame oil and 1/4 cup of water and mix well and start kneading Furthermore, Add 1 tablespoon of oil and water little by little and knead Add 1 tablespoon of oil and continue kneading. Add 1 tablespoon of oil around the dough; spread well and cover the bowl with a plate and rest it for 3-4 hours. Soak jaggery in 1/4 cup of hot water and microwave for 1-2 minutes till the jaggery syrup melts. Boil the jaggery syrup till you see a frothy boil. Add coconut and cardamom powder to the jaggery syrup and cook Furthermore, add ghee and mix well Keep mixing and cook till the poornam comes together without water coming separately. Turn off the stove immediately. Transfer the pooranam to a cup and let it cool completely. Let the puranam cool for at least an hour After the dough is rested for a few hours. Take the dough and knead again once. The dough with be pliable but still, it will be tacky Pinch almost equal amount of small dough balls and keep aside Take an almost equal size of small puranam dough balls and keep them aside In a parchment paper and apply oil to grease the paper Grease your hands with oil and take one dough and place it on the parchment paper. Gently pat the dough with your fingers and make a circle to keep puranam Keep pooranam and wrap the dough Press the dough into a thin poli. Heat the pan in medium flame and add ghee Cook poli on one side, flip and cook another side Serve hot or cold.