Pooran Poli/Boli with coconut and almonds

Hello,

Yet another delicious diwali spacial. Why wait till a festival comes. Make it as an evening snack for your kids and family. Its very filling and I am sure you family will love this pooran poli/Boli.

Grind grated coconut to a coarse paste

Soak almonds for about 2 hours, remove the outer skin. Grind the almonds to a fine paste by adding 1/4 cup milk.

 

Dissolve 1 cup sugar in 1/2 cup water for one string and add coconut and almond paste to it. Add 2 table spoon ghee, keep stirring in low flame till ghee separates from the pooran. Allow it to cool. Divide into 20 small balls. Keep aside.

Outer covering. Add 1 cup maida and 1.2 cup atta, a little turmeric powder, a little oil / ghee knead to a smooth dough using hands. Keep aside.

Ingredients

Coconut - 1 grated
Almonds - 1 cup (soak in water for 2 hour. Remove skin and grind to a fine paste)
Milk - 1/4 cup
sugar - 1 1/2 cup ( I used 1 cup as the sugar I buy is very sweet)
elachi - a few pods crushed
ghee - 4 table spoon ( for pooran and for poli)

For outer covering

Maida - 1 cup
atta - 1/2 cup
turmeric - a pinch
oil/ghee - a little for kneading

Method of Preparation

In a bowl add maida, atta and oil By adding a little water at a time make a soft dough. Keep aside.

In a heated pan add sugar and 1/2 cup water. Allow the syrup to boil till one string consistency. Add coconut and almond paste. And crushed elachi. Keep stirring by adding a little ghee in very slow flame. Allow the pooran to becomes soft and let the ghee separate from the pooran. Off the stove. Allow it to cool no using hands divide the pooran into 20 equal parts. Make small balls out of it. Keep aside.

Take a small lemon sized dough make a small disk and keep one pooran inside. Cover the outer cover so that pooran is completed covered. Now gently roll out roti sized pooran poli using a roller pin. You can use maida for dusting. Heat a thick dosa tawa place the rolled out pooran poli, adjust the heat, cook that side of the poli turn to the other side, Let both sides cook very well. Now sprinkle a little ghee on top  of the cooked pooran poli. Continue making the rest of the pooran poli till the dough and pooran finish. I am sure by the time you make the pooran poli will also get finished!! Serve hot with chilled badam milk.