Chana Dal Puranpoli

Ingredients

• 250 g Chana dal
• 200 g Sugar
• 1 tsp Cardamom powder
• 200 g Whole wheat flour
• 2 tbsp Oil
• as needed Ghee
• 0.5 tsp Baking soda
• as needed Water

Steps

1. Wash chana dal and add to a pressure cooker with enough water and baking soda.
2. Pressure cook for 5 whistles (add more if needed) until dal is soft.
3. Drain excess water, mash dal well.
4. Add sugar to mashed dal, cook on high heat, stirring constantly.
5. When mixture thickens, remove from heat and mix in cardamom powder. Let it cool.
6. For dough, mix wheat flour, oil, and water to make a soft dough. Rest for 15 min.
7. Divide dough and puran (filling) into equal balls.
8. Flatten a dough ball, place puran inside, seal and roll gently into a flat disc.
9. Heat a tawa, cook puranpoli on both sides with ghee until golden.
10. Serve hot with extra ghee and sabzi if desired.