This Oliga / Poli does not require soaking,boiling and grinding of dal for stuffing.This is healthy too as iam preparing mainly with wheat flour for covering.
Ingredients:
For outer covering,
Wheat flour – 300 Gms,
White flour/maida – 50 Gms,
Oil – 1 Tablesp,
A pinch of salt,
For stuffing,
Fried channa dal powder – 250 Gms,
Jaggery powder – 300 Gms,
Cardamum powder – 1/2 Tsp,
Desi ghee – 2 Tablesp,
Dessicated coconut powder – 25 Gms (optional),
Fine almond slivers – 1 Tablesp (optional),
Oil for preparing poli.
Oliga reku if available.
Method:
1).Prepare a soft and little sticky dough with the ingredients (using water )for outer covering and keep it aside.
2).Keep jaggery powder on flame for just for 1 min and remove from fire when it starts melting . Combine all the ingredients for stuffing and prepare a soft dough.
3).Make lemon sized balls out of the flour dough and keep them aside.
4).Prepare same number of balls out of stuffing mix.
5).Place the ball of flour dough 0n a greased polythene sheet and streach it with fingers (as the dough is soft you can not make rounds with chapatti roller) place the filling in the centre and gather the edges to cover it completely.
6).Press the ball into a round disc and pat it with oiled fingers into a 5 to 6″ diameter rounds.As it is difficult to lift the poli from the sheet lift the sheet with left hand and try to make it fall slowly on to the right palm.Now place it on the heated pan
Cook till both sides are lightly browned.Sprinkle few drops of oil while preparing poli.
7).Prepare all poli like this and stock them in a container.
8).While serving put a spoonful of ghee over it .This poli can easily and quickly be prepared.This can also be served with sweetened hot milk.
Tip:
A).You can make dough as you prepare for poori / chapathi.You need not have trouble of using sticky dough.But I prefer to use the sticky dough as the poli is more softer than the other one prepared with poori dough.
B).Instead of polythene sheet you can use Oliga reku which is made of a thin alluminium material.You can directly put the reku on pan
to loosen the poli to fall on the pan.