HOW TO MAKE Puran Poli

For this Diwali, I told my Mom that I want to make sweets at home. Nothing elaborate. Or difficult. I just don't do difficult! She rattled off a list of easy to make sweet dishes. One of them was the festival staple, puran poli. Which, surprisingly, is not really tough to make.

Ingredients
For the filling
1 cup chana dal (chholar dal), soaked for 15-20 minutes
1 cup sugar
Nutmeg powder
Elaichi powder
For the dough
2 cups atta
Water
Salt
Oil

Method

1. Pressure cook chana dal on high flame for one whistle. Lower flame and continue to cook till nice and mushy (about 5-10 minutes more). After opening the pressure cooker, cook till there is no excess water left in the dal.
2. Transfer dal to a non-stick pan and add sugar. 
3. Add the nutmeg and elaichi powder.
4. Cook till the filling is ready. The consistency should be such that it can be stuffed in a parantha. Hence, not too runny. Or too dry. It should hold good when the parantha is being rolled out.
5. Prepare the dough using the ingredients listed for it. You can cover it with a damp cloth and leave it for about half an hour for a nice and soft dough.
6. Take some dough and roll it out a little. Add some filling to the centre. Seal it in and roll out the parantha. 
7. Heat a tawa and cook the paranthas, preferably with ghee.
8. Serve hot.