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Poli

Ingredients:

  • Channa Dhal – 1 cup
  • Powdered Jaggery – 1 cup
  • Maida – 1 cup
  • Turmeric Powder – a pinch
  • Cashews – 6 Ghee – 3 tbs
  • Grated Coconut – 3/4 cup
  • Cooking Oil – 2 tbs
  • Cardamom – 2
Poli

Poli

Procedure :

  • Make a soft dough of the maida using water as required and also adding the turmeric powder and mixing them all uniformly together.
  • Cook the Channa Dhal in water and ensure that it is not over cooked. (Let it cook until you are able to press it once cooked).
  • Decant the excess water and mix the dhal with the jaggery, coconut and cardamom. Heat up a heavy bottomed pan and add this mixture to it and stir over a medium flame for about 5 minutes.
  • Let it cool and then grind this into a fine paste adding very little water. To this paste add small pieces of cashews fried in ghee and keep this filling aside.
  • Over a greased plate, plastic sheet or foil, flatten out small ball sized quantity of the maida dough. Place a smaller sized ball of the sweet filling and cover it completely using the flattened maida dough. Then flatten it out once again uniformly.
  • Continue the process to prepare the rest of the polis. Heat up a tawa and when it is very hot place the polis one at a time and apply oil / ghee all around and cook.
  • Turn and cook on either sides until pink spots appear on the outer covering. Serve hot with ghee.


Popularity: 7% [?]

Green Peas Sundal (Pattani Sundal )

Green Peas Sundal (Pattani Sundal )

Ingredients:

  • Green Peas – 1 1/2 cups Grated Coconut – 3 tbsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Urad Dhal – 1/2 tsp Dry Red Chilly – 2
  • Curry Leaves – some Oil – 1 tsp
  • Lemon – 1/2
  • (Optional) Mango – a small piece
Green Peas Sundal (Pattani Sundal )

Green Peas Sundal (Pattani Sundal )

Procedure :

  • If using dry green peas, soak them over night to prepare sundal the next day. Wash and clean the soaked peas and cook in water or pressure cook.
  • Decant the water and let stand for a few minutes. If using fresh green peas, clean and cook them in some water. DO NOT OVERCOOK.
  • Decant the excess water completely and set aside. Heat up the oil and fry the mustard seeds, urad dhal, chilly and curry leaves. Add the coconut and salt and remove from heat. Stir to mix well. Now add the cooked peas and reheat.
  • Stir for a few minutes until the salt and coconut are evenly distributed. Remove from the heat / fire and let it cool for a few minutes.
  • Then add the shredded mango and lemon juice. Mix well and serve hot. Do not reheat after adding the lemon, as the sundal may become slightly bitter.

Popularity: 9% [?]

Navarathri special – Sundal Varieties

Chick Peas Sundal (Kothu Kadalai Sundal )

Ingredients:

  • Chick Peas – 1 1/2 cups Grated
  • Coconut – 3 tbsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Urad Dhal – 1/2 tsp Dry Red Chilly – 2
  • Curry Leaves – some Asafetida – a pinch
  • Oil – 1 tsp
Chick Peas Sundal (Kothu Kadalai Sundal )

Chick Peas Sundal (Kothu Kadalai Sundal )

Procedure :

  • Soak the chick peas over night to prepare sundal the next day. Wash and clean the soaked chick peas and cook in water or pressure cook.
  • Decant the water and let stand for a few minutes. Heat up the oil and fry the mustard seeds, urad dhal, asafetida, chilly and curry leaves.
  • Add the coconut and salt and remove from heat. Stir to mix well. Now add the cooked peas and reheat. Stir for a few minutes until the salt and coconut are evenly distributed.

Alternative :
You may also use the canned chick peas. In this case, use up the entire can. Wash well a couple of times and decant water completely. NO NEED TO COOK. Just fry the other ingredients and mix in the salt and coconut. Stir over a medium flame for a few minutes.

Popularity: 13% [?]

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