Chakkara Poli | Cheeni Poli | Puran Poli with Chana Dal & Sugar
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
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Chakkara Poli | Cheeni Poli | Puran Poli with Chana Dal & Sugar, is a wonderful SouthIndian dessert that is prepared for any marriages in southern part of TamilNadu especially in Nagercoil. First time, I tasted this wonderful sugar poli in my MIL’s native Nagercoil. There they served Poli with generous amount of ghee and on top of the poli they served hot pal payasam. I was so surprised by the combination but it tasted so awesome. My MIL’s younger sister Uma was expert in preparing this poli andI learnt from her and my kids enjoy every time I make it.
Other Poli Varieties to try:
3. Tilgul Poli
4. Paal Poli
Recipe Card:
Chakkara Poli | Cheeni Poli | Puran Poli with Chana Dal & Sugar
Equipments Needed
- Mixer Grinder
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
- Tawa
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Resting Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 2 hours
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 300kcal
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
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Ingredients
For Filling
- 1 Cup Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu) 1 cup - 250ml
- 1 Cup Sugar
- ½ tsp Cardamom Powder
For Outer Cover
- 2 Cups Maida
- a Pinch Orange Food Color Optional. We can use turmeric instead
- 2 tbsp Sesame Oil
Other Ingredients
- ¼ Cup Ghee For cooking Poli
- 2 tbsp Rice Flour For 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!
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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 300
Calories 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
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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.
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To this add sesame oil and knead the dough and allow it to rest for atleast 1 hour
PREPARING FILLING
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Serve the delicious Chakkara Poli | Cheeni Poli with generouse ghee and enjoy the wonderful sweet!
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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,
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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