Jeera Kadalai Paruppu Puranam Poli | Sweet Dal Flat Bread

Jeera Puran Poli is an Indian sweet flat bread glazed with sugar syrup.

Ingredients:-

1. For Sugar Syrup:-

• Sugar - 1 cup
• Water - 1 cup

2. For Dal stuffing( Kadalai Paruppu Puranam):-

• Channa dal/ kadalai parupu - 1 cup
• Jaggery, powdered or grated - 1/2 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1 tbsp
• Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup
• Salt - a pinch

3. To make poli dough:-

• Maida / All purpose flour- 1 cup
• Salt - a pinch
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp
• Oil as required
• Ghee or butter – for frying and to drizzle on top after cooked

Preparation:-

1. To make sugar syrup:-

• Combine water and sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Bring the mixture to a boil and stir until the sugar has dissolved in to the water. Cool before using. Set aside. 

2. To make Dal Stuffing / Kadalai Parupu Puranam:-

• Soak chana dal for 30 minutes.
• Cook the dal with pinch of salt in a pressure cooker till 3 whistles. Drain the dal water completely after cooking. Let it cool .
• Now using a blender, grind the dal into a fine paste and keep this aside. 

• Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a pan, add grounded dal, powdered jaggery, cardamom powder and grated coconut to it and mix well.
• Keep stirring until everything blends well and turn in to thick mixture.
• Once done let cool completely and make it into lemon sized balls. Set aside. 

3. To make Jeera Puran poli / Sweet Dal Flat bread:-

• Place the maida flour, salt, turmeric powder and 1/4 cup water in a dough maker. 
• Pulse and hold to blend and continue processing until dough forms a ball.
• Divide the dough into small equal balls.
• Roll each balls in 2-3 inch circle. Place the sweet(puran) ball  in the center.
• Flatten the dough ball to a thick circle.

• Put the rolled poli/ rolled flat bread in a heated skillet and let it cook from both sides.
• Drizzle some ghee on the tawa and cook it for few more seconds.
• Repeat the same for rest of the dough and puranam(sweet stuffing). 

4. Serving:-

• Serve the Poli /Flat bread into the warm ghee and sugar syrup and allow it to soak for 3-5 minutes.
• Sprinkle some shredded coconut for garnishing.
• Enjoy hot polis !

Green Mango Pickle | Mangai Urukkai

Ingredients:-

• Raw Mango - 5 or 6 nos
• Mustard seeds powder - 2 tbsp
• Red Chilli powder - 4 tbsp
• Salt as needed
• Seasame oil/Gingelly oil - 2 cup or 8 to 10 tbsp
• Garlic cloves - 5 or 6 nos
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tbsp

Preparation:-

• Wash and soak mangoes in water and cut them into small dice. set aside.

• Take a large wide vessel or bowl and add the mango pieces, red chili powder, mustard powder , fenugreek seeds, garlic cloves and 1 cup of oil and mix well. 

• Place the spice coated mango pieces into the jar.
• Pour 1 cup of oil on top and cover the pickle jar with the lid. Tie a cloth over the lid and keep it in a moisture free area.
• On the 2nd day, open the pickle jar and use a dry ladle and mix them carefully. 
• Cover the jar with lid and tie a cloth over it. Let the pickle marinate for another 4 days.
• If possible keep shaking the container or stir using a clean spatula 2 or 3 times a day. 
• After 4 days if you see the oil is floating on the pickle then it is perfect.
• Mango pickle is ready to be served.