Poli/Baksha/Pooran Poli

Ingredients:

Channa dal / senaga pappu - 2 cups

Jaggery - 4 cubes

Elaichi - 2

Maida/All purpose flour - 1 cup

oil /ghee- 1/2 cup

Salt a pinch

Turmeric powder a pinch

Water as required

Method:

1) Take a bowl and add all purpose flour and oil , pinch of salt , pinch of turmeric powder and mix well and make it as a dough and keep aside for an hour.
2) Add channa dal, jaggery , elaichi and some water to the pressure cooker and cook it thorougly.
2) Donnot add more water else it becomes a paste and will become hard to make small balls.
3) when it is cooked keep aside and allow it to cool.
4) When cooled add the mixture to teh belnder and make a thick paste.
5) Now take the paste and make small balls.
6) Make small balls of dough also.
7) Roll the dough a bit and place the balls in the middle and close it from all ends with the dough.
8) Take a polethene cover and apply ghee to it and roll the dough evenely.
9) It is good to use the polethene cover because when rolling if the sweet mixture comes out it eill not get sticked to the surface and it comes off easily .
10) Heat a flat pan and place the rolled poli and fry it with ghee.
11) Fry it like chapathi or roti on both sides.
12) Serve hot with ghee or groundnut chutni.