March 15, 2011

Suruttai Poli for Indian Cooking Challenge

The challenge for the month of February was Suruttai Poli,  the recipe given by Nithya's mom. Srivalli also gave the recipe link at Pavithra's who has blogged the same sometime back. The recipe is a simple one. The only challenge is to fry the pooris soft and roll them before they turn crisp. I made with 1 cup of flour. So it was easy. When it is to made in large quantities, it will be better if you have another person to tag along. So while one rolls the pooris, the other can fry and fold it. Else it will be very time consuming. I went through Pavithra's recipe and noted the tips given by her. It was very helpful. Also I went by her measurements for the filling, which was enough for the polis I made. Even if you have some left over filling powder, you can simply eat it as it is or add some warm ghee over and roll it into ladoos.

I like to finish the whole work in one batch. So I prepared the  dough and left it to rest for half an hour. Meanwhile, did the filling. And I could finish the whole process in less than an hour.



  
You need
 
For filling -
  • Roasted gram/Pottukadalai/ - 1/2 cup
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Cashews,broken into bits - 1 tblspn
  • Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
  • Fresh grated coconut - 1 tblspn
  • Ghee - 2 tsp
 
For Papad/Poori

  • Maida (all purpose flour) - 1 cup
  • Salt - a pinch
  • Oil - for frying
  • Water to prepare the dough
  • Extra maida for dusting



Method for filling:

 
Powder the roasted gram and sugar together. Heat 2 teaspoons of ghee in a pan. Roast the cashews bits and coconut till it starts to brown. Remove from fire. Add the powdered mix and stir to mix well. Transfer to a bowl. Filling is ready.
 
 

 
Making pooris and the final assembly
Take all purpose flour and salt in a bowl. Prepare the dough by adding water in parts. The consistency is that of the chapathi dough. Leave it aside for half an hour.

 
Divide the dough into 12 balls. Roll each ball into thin pooris. Make sure it is not thick, else will puff up like a normal poori. These pooris should not puff and small bubble like puffs here and there is fine.

 
Roll all the pooris and leave it on a paper to dry.


Heat oil in a kadai. When the oil is hot, adjust the heat to medium. Start with the pooris rolled first. Gently slide the poori into the hot oil. don't press it using the spatula, since it will puff up. Also ladle oil over the poori from the sides. Don't flip the poori. Frying each poori should take only few seconds. Drain and leave it on a plate. Quickly spread a heaped tablespoon of the filling on to the poori and start rolling from one end.

The poori will be very soft at this stage. By the time you roll, you can feel it getting crisp. On cooling, it will turn crisp.  The polis were very tasty and it got over with in a day.

 

 


23 comments:

  1. Looks very good Jayshree. Perfect:-)

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  2. Thanks Veena and Sanjeeta for the quick comments.
    @Sanjeeta, yes it is different from the usual ones and very tasty too.

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  3. good recipe..never heard of this..am going to try this sometime..

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  4. Polis looks simply yummy and fabulous, prefect polis..

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  5. nice presentation dear..poli looks yummmmm...

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  6. Looks wonderful,lovely presentation!

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  7. Agree--your presentation is beautiful. They look good enough to eat!

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  8. They looks so perfect for the first try. You seem to rock :) love the pics and I really hope you enjoyed eating them too :)

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  9. They look yummy and u made it beautifully!

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  10. Soumya, do try..its worth all the effort.
    Nithya, thanks for the recipe. I enjoyed making and eating too.

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  11. Wonderfully done and presented. I enjoyed the challenge this time.Been frugal with the ingredients and made just six:)

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  12. Hi jayasree, polis look perfect. Even I've tried them. Do visit my blog.
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  13. Jayasree the polis look awesome!..thanks for joining..

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