Traditionally paruppu poli is made with jaggery. But we can make it with Sugar too. Its a very soft and tasty poli usually served with generous amount of ghee also topped with Pal Payasam
Puran Poli | Puran Poli with Dal and Sugar Filling is a wonderful South Indian dessert that is prepared for any marriages in southern part of TamilNadu especially in Nagercoil. Puran Poli | Puran Poli with Dal and Sugar Filling is a sweet paratha made with maida as the outercover and cooked bengal gram dal with sugar as the filling . Conventional Puran Poli which we make for festivals has the filling of Bengal Gram dal along with jaggery. This is complex because, the jaggery filling always gets melted quickly so sometimes the filling may come out of the outer cover. Also we cannot roll the poli like we roll as paratha. We need to use our hands to spread carefully and bind the filling inside the maida cover. But this Bengal Gram with sugar filling is very easy to handle and we can use this filling inside the outercover and roll it like a usual paratha. So, this is less complicated and this puran (filling) will never go wrong.
A perfect Dessert for any occasion!
Puran Poli | Puran Poli with Dal and Sugar Filling Poli goes very well with Paal Payasam. In Nagercoil and few other places in the kerala border, this Puran Poli | Puran Poli with Dal and Sugar Filling is served as dessert along with Paal Payasam. First Puran Poli will be served and it is topped up with generous amount of ghee and on top they will serve hot Paal Payasam. First time when I saw them serving Poli with Paal Payasam, I was so surprised and not sure how it would taste. But believe me, this is one of the wonderful combo.
Chakkara Poli | Cheeni Poli | Puran Poli with Chana Dal & Sugar
Course: Dessert, Sweet
Cuisine: Indian, Indian Recipes, South Indian, South Indian Recipes, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Recipes
Equipments Needed
Mixer Grinder
Heavy Bottomed Pan
Tawa
Prep Time: 20minutes
Cook Time: 40minutes
Resting Time: 1hour
Total Time: 2hours
Servings: 4people
Calories: 300kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Traditionally paruppu poli is made with jaggery. But we can make it with Sugar too. Its a very soft and tasty poli usually served with generous amount of ghee also topped with Pal Payasam
1CupSplit Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)1 cup - 250ml
1CupSugar
½tspCardamom Powder
For Outer Cover
2CupsMaida
aPinchOrange Food ColorOptional. We can use turmeric instead
2tbspSesame Oil
Other Ingredients
¼CupGheeFor cooking Poli
2tbspRice FlourFor Dusting and rolling maida outer cover
Instructions
Preparing Outer Cover Dough
Mix the kesar powder/turmeric powder in maida/All purpose flour and add water little by little and knead it well like a soft chapati dough.
To this add sesame oil and knead the dough and allow it to rest for atleast 1 hour
Preparing Filling
Wash and take chana dal in vessel. Add water just to soak dal. Pressure cook Channadal/Kadalai paruppu in a cooker and allow for 3 whistles.
Take the cooked channadal and strain any excess water and dry it in a towel
Grind the dried cooked channa Dal in a mixer to a fine powder
Add sugar to the ground powder
Heat a heavy bottomed pan, and add the ground powder – sugar mix and one table spoon of ghee .
Mix the dal and sugar in ghee for 2 mins. To this add cardamom powder and stir it evenly and remove from flame. Now the Puranam is ready for makig Poli
Preparing Poli
Take small balls of kneaded dough, dust with rice flour and roll it to a small circle using a rolling pin.
Place a lemon size puran ball in the middle of the rolled poli. Gently bring all the sides together and seal the filling carefuly. Remove excess dough.
Once the filling is sealed, again dust with rice flour and roll into think poli
Repeat the same with rest of the dough and filling
Cooking Poli
Heat a tawa. Grease the tawa with ghee. Place one rolled poli in the tawa. Pour a teaspoon of ghee around the poli and cook it for about 30 seconds.
Then flip the poli and cook on the other side. Repeat the cooking process for the rest of the rolled poli
Serving Time
Serve the delicious Chakkara Poli | Cheeni Poli with generouse ghee and enjoy the wonderful sweet!
Video
Notes
Conventionally we use maida for the outer layer but if we need healthier version we can use wheat flour.
Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Chakkara Poli | Cheeni Poli | Puran Poli with Chana Dal & Sugar
Amount Per Serving (1 Poli)
Calories 300Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Carbohydrates 16g5%
Protein 5g10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:
PREPARING OUTER COVER DOUGH
Mix the kesar powder/turmeric powder in maida/All purpose flour and add water little by little and knead it well like a soft chapati dough.
To this add sesame oil and knead the dough and allow it to rest for atleast 1 hour
PREPARING FILLING
Wash and take chana dal in vessel. Add water just to soak dal. Pressure cook Channadal/Kadalai paruppu in a cooker and allow for 3 whistles. Take the cooked channadal and strain any excess water and dry it in a towel. Grind the dried cooked channa Dal in a mixer to a fine powder
Add sugar to the ground powder. Heat a heavy bottomed pan, and add the ground powder – sugar mix and one table spoon of ghee . Mix the dal and sugar in ghee for 2 mins. To this add cardamom powder and stir it evenly and remove from flame. Now the Puranam is ready for makig Poli
PREPARING POLI
Take small balls of kneaded dough, dust with rice flour and roll it to a small circle using a rolling pin. Place a lemon size puran ball in the middle of the rolled poli. Gently bring all the sides together and seal the filling carefuly. Remove excess dough.
Once the filling is sealed, again dust with rice flour and roll into think poli. Repeat the same with rest of the dough and filling
COOKING POLI
Heat a tawa. Grease the tawa with ghee. Place one rolled poli in the tawa. Pour a teaspoon of ghee around the poli and cook it for about 30 seconds. Then flip the poli and cook on the other side. Repeat the cooking process for the rest of the rolled poli
SERVING TIME
Serve the delicious Chakkara Poli | Cheeni Poli with generouse ghee and enjoy the wonderful sweet!
Thankyou Subbu! Easy to follow recipie. Only doubt… Won't the poli taste better if the channa is slightly fried without oil…and add vellum instead of sugar?!!
very useful really good information thanks for posting such a good information it will hepls the people a lot keep it up , Regards, chakkara pongal recipe
Thank you mami for the very easy boli recipe. Made it for the first time yesterday using this recipe and it came out very well. Happy Pongal.
THANKS AND I'LL ALSO TRY IT
Thank you very much Mami I'll also try it.Happy Pongal
Thankyou Subbu! Easy to follow recipie. Only doubt… Won't the poli taste better if the channa is slightly fried without oil…and add vellum instead of sugar?!!
very tasty poli.i feel it will be taste better if u add coconut to yhe poornam
we can add jaggery instead of sugar which is good for health.
all your recipes look very authentic. Would it be the same if you add brown sugar instead of white sugar?
It is really a noble service, very useful information for the young and old.
Prayers and best wishes,
Vijaya
I use wheat flour instead of Maida and comes out softer. I also use Jaggery instead of sugar.
this is a very nice recipe. Will try it for sure. Can someone say what the sugar equivalent of jaggery measure is?
very useful really good information thanks for posting such a good information it will hepls the people a lot keep it up , Regards,
chakkara pongal recipe
Very interesting receipe
Very nice recipe.Good
Thank you… really poli tastes very much… everybody love it…..
Thanks for the poli receipe. Being from Nagercoil i enjoyed making it. It was tasting just like the way my pattis house ones