Poli Recipe | How to make Puran Poli Step by Step pictures

This is one sweet that my mom makes often . This recipe is also made by my mom when I was in India , and I was only clicking pictures . Check out my Sweets recipes by clicking here .

Poli Recipe | How to make Puran Poli Step by Step pictures

Ingredients:

To Make the dough :

• Maida / All purpose flour - 200 gms
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - a pinch
• Oil - 1 tbsp

To make the filling inside the dough :

• Jaggery / Vellam - 200 gms
• Channa Dal / Kadalai paruppu - 200gms
• Cardamom pods - 3 pods , Crushed

For Frying:

• Oil OR Ghee - Few drops 

Poli Recipe | How to make Puran Poli Step by Step pictures

Method:

Pressure Cook the Channa dal  by adding some water for 2 hisses .  Drain the water  .

 

Transfer the channa dal  to the mixer and grind it to a coarse paste . Set aside  .

Mean while , Take a bowl , add the all purpose flour , turmeric powder , salt and add water and mix well to make a sticky dough. Apply oil generously and set aside for 2 hours .

Take the jaggery in a cooking vessel , sprinkle some water and melt the jaggery . Add the cardamom pods to the jaggery .

Transfer the ground coarse channa dal paste to the jaggery and mix well .

Cook till they become a thick paste .

Take a plastic paper or a butter paper , apply some oil in the paper . Take a small dough from the all purpose flour  and press it , add make a small ball of the jaggery paste for the filling  and place it on the dough .

Cover the filling with the dough  and make a small ball shape .

Press it gently with the hand to make a flat bread .

Heat a iron pan , or a flat pan . Transfer the pressed poli to the pan and sprinkle some Oil or Ghee around the poli .

Cook till it has brown spots and flip to the other side and cook similarly .

Serve hot .

Yummy Poli is ready!

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Notes :

• Wheat flour could be used to make the dough as well .
• Grated coconut could be added when making the filling inside the dough .

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Ladoo Recipe | how to make boondi ladoo Step by step photos

Ladoo Recipe
Ladoo is a famous ancient traditional Indian recipe which is passed on to us by our predecessors . This Ladoo was made by by mom , when I visited India this summer . Check out the rava ladoo recipe by clicking here , also check out the Dalia Ladoo by Clicking here . Check out the other sweet recipes by clicking here .Off to today's recipe now .

Ladoo Recipe | how to make boondi ladoo

Ingredients:

To Make Boondhi :

• Besan flour / GramFlour / Chickpea flour - 1 cup
• Baking soda - 1 pinch
• Water - As needed
• oil - For Frying 

To Make Sugar Syrup:

•  Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
• Water - 1/4 cup
• Cardamom pods - 2 no , Crushed

Method:

In a Mixing Bowl add the Gram Flour ,  Baking soda , and Whisk . Now add the water and make it in to a batter without any lumps  like dosa Batter consistency ( Not too watery and  Not too thick )

Heat oil in a Kadai , and take the Boondi making ladle and pour little batter on the ladle .

 

The batter falls through the ladle hole in to the hot oil .

Fry till the Boondi turns golden brown color .

 

Drain on a paper towel and allow it to cool  a bit .

Transfer this to the mixer and grind it to a coarse powder .

 In a heavy bottom pan add the sugar , crushed cardamon pods and add water so that the sugar is 

completely immersed . Bring the sugar syrup to a boil till they come to " one String Consistency" .

One String consistency is the thickness of the syrup must make one string between the thumb and index finger .

Switch off once the one String consistency is reached , but still the sugar syrup should be warm when adding the boondi powder to it . Transfer the boondi powder to the sugar Syrup .

Mix Well . Make small balls with the mixture and allow them to dry .

Once dried , Store them in an airtight container and Use as desired .

Yummy Boondi Laddo is ready to serve .

Notes : 

• The Boondi could be added to the sugar syrup directly without grinding in the mixer .

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Drumstick Leaves Fry | Murungai Keerai Poriyal

During my childhood days this recipe comes in our menu at least once in 2 weeks. We had a drumstick tree growing in our backyard and we got to have this leaves frequently . Unfortunately I do not get Drumstick leaves in USA .  Check out the other poriyal recipes by clicking here .This recipe is made by my mom , when I visited India this summer . Off to the recipe now .

Drumstick Leaves Fry | Murungai Keerai Poriyal

Benefits of the  Drumstick Leaves : 

These leaves are a great source of Iron and helps in controlling the glucose level .

Ingredients:

• Drumstick leaves -  1 bunch , Leaves removed from the stalk
• Salt - To taste .
• Grated Coconut - 1 table spoon ( optional )

Tempering:

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad dhal - 1 tsp
• Onion - 1 numbers  , chopped
• Whole Red chilli- 2 numbers , slit

Drumstick Leaves Fry | Murungai Keerai Poriyal

Method:

Remove the drumstick  leaves from the Stalk .

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Wash the leaves in water  .

Heat a kadai , Add the oil , add the mustard seeds and allow to pop . Now add the urad dhal and fry till they become brown in color . Add red chills and onion and cook till the onion become translucent .

 

Now add the drumstick leaves , and Salt . 

Cook till the leaves become soft . Add the grated coconut ( Optional ) and give a quick stir . Yummy poriyal is ready .

 

We had this poriyal with Rice , Sambar and Rasam . 

Notes:

• Cleaning the leave can be made easy by wrapping the  whole bunch in a plastic cover and refrigerate it . Next day the leaves would have fallen from the stalk 
• Do not add the water while cooking the leaf , It gets the required water from the leaf as we have washed it before cooking . 

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Apple Jam Recipe | Apple Jelly - Step by step pictures

This is my first attempt to make jam at home . We went for Apple picking last week and our fruit basket is loaded with Apples . My daughter suggested that we should make jam and so we landed in this recipe . This is a easy recipe and kids will love it for sure .Off to the recipe now .

Apple Jam Recipe | Apple Jelly - Step by step pictures

Ingredients:

• Apples - 1 kg 
• Sugar - 700 gram
• Pectin - 11 gram
• Water - 1  1/2 cup
  

Method:

Peel out the skin of the apples .

 

Chop the apples . Add them in a heavy bottom pan

 

Add  water and bring the contents to a boil .

Once the apples are cooked mash them well using a masher .

Now add the pectin and mix .

Add sugar and mix well . Bring the contents to a boil .

 Once the mixture starts to get thick and gets settled . switch it off .

Yummy apple jam is ready !

Store it in an air tight container and use . Refrigerate it for a longer shelf life

Note:

• If the apples are too sweet Sugar level could be reduced as per the taste and requirement .
• This jam could be made with out pectin too . Pectin is optional and could be skipped if needed .

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