Carrot Dates Poli

A variation to the traditional poli. I have eaten store bought dates poli once. I could find some finely chopped nuts along with the dates in the poli. When I tried making it at home, my stock of nuts had dried up and thought of adding some grated carrot along with dates. And it tasted great. The carrot and dates compliments well. These pictures have been in my drafts for a very long time. And thanks to Aparna's Sweet Celebrations , it has made it to the blog. The basic preparation of poli is same except for the filling. For the dough All Purpose flour(Maida) - 2 cups Salt a pinch Turmeric powder a pinch Oil 2 tbspn Water to knead Filling Chopped dates - 1 cup Grated carrot - 1/2 cup Sugar - 3 tbspn Milk - 1 tbspn Add the dough ingredients - maida, salt, turmeric powder and oil in a mixing bowl. Add water to make a soft dough. Finally just apply a teaspoon of oil over the dough and allow it to rest for a minimum of 2 hrs. This helps in making soft poli. Meanwhile, MW grated carrot, finely chopped dates along with milk for 4 minutes or till it turns soft. Add sugar to the cooked carrot-dates mixture and MWfor 3 minutes. It should have come together. You can do this step on stove-top too. Take a lemon sized dough. Roll into poori size. While you roll, keep the centre comparatively thicker than edges. Keep a ball of the stuffing in the center. Bring together the edges and seal well. Roll again carefully into possibly thin poli. Shallow fry on tawa till you see brown specs on the poli. Delicious, healthy poli is ready. I am sending this poli to JFI:Carrots hosted at The Cooker