SURUL POLI - A TRADITIONAL SWEET TO MARK 3 SPECIAL MOMENTS !!!

Happy to pen down my 800th post on New Year .I am grateful to all my readers . Wishing all my blogger friends and readers a very happy and prosperous New Year ....May joy and happiness fills your life for years together. 

Let me celebrate this happiness with a yummy traditional SURUL POLI from tanjore region of south india. This is a special post as it marks the beginning of yet another successful year for SNC Challenge started by my dear sister Divya Pramil .Happy to be a part of such a challenging , wonderful event ...Thank you dear for this opportunity ...

INGREDIENTS:

Maida - 1/4 kg

Sugar- 2cups

Roasted Gram/Pottukadalai -1/4 kg

Fresh grated coconut- 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder-1 tsp

Cashews , Almonds , Pista , Raisins - 1/2 cup

Dates - few

Food colours

Cherries / Tutti frutti - for garnishing.

Ghee- 2 tbsp






METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1.Ghee roast cashews , 1/4 cup grated coconut , almonds and pista for few minutes .

2.Then grind them along with roasted gram and sugar into fine powder.

3.Then , Knead maida , 2 tbsps of sugar and oil to a soft dough with water.Keep it aside for 10mts.

4. Make small balls of the dough and roll them into a round shaped poori. It shouldn't be too thick or too thin.





5.Transfer them to a clean plate and add few ghee roasted raisins and scrambled dates to it .

6.Then ,dust a clean plate with the grinded powder.

7.Heat oil in a Kadai for deep frying. Once the oil is hot, slide the poori into the hot oil.Using the spoon/laddle press it in the center gently along the edges. Pooris will start to puff lightly. Flip to its side , it shouldn't be crispy.

8.Once you take poori from oil,press excess oil of it in the kadai itself wth the ladle and place it immediately in the plate with dusted powder.Them, spread few tsps of grinded stuffing over it and roll them immediately. 

Garnish with coloured ghee roasted coconut scraps , tutti frutti and cherries.

 Linking it with South Vs North Challenge