Recipe: Delicious Puran poli (or Vedmi - Gujarati Style)

Puran poli (or Vedmi - Gujarati Style). Gujarati puran poli is also known as vedmi in Gujarat and uppittu in Malayalam. puran poli is rich in flavours is a great option to be served in festive season. Puran poli has a lot many variations and is prepared in different ways in all across the country. Puran poli also works as a great tiffin treat, it is like wise loved by adults and kids.

It is enjoyed anytime in a year. It is also known as Puran Poli in Marathi. I love them because they are delicious and their texture makes them both fun to make and to eat too. You can have Puran poli (or Vedmi - Gujarati Style) using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Puran poli (or Vedmi - Gujarati Style)

1. You need of For the dough.
2. You need of plain flour.
3. You need of salt.
4. You need of oil.
5. You need of For the filling.
6. You need of Tuvar dal (split pigeon pea lentils).
7. It's of Jaggery grated. sugar can be an option.
8. It's of Cardamom pods or 1tsp cardamom powder.
9. Prepare of coconut (grated).
10. You need of ghee/butter.
11. It's of Optional.
12. Prepare of grated coconut.

The key ingredients to make this recipe are split Bengal gram, wheat flour, sugar, ghee, poppy seeds, and grated coconut. Vedmi or Puran Poli is a sweet Indian flatbread which is often prepared on festivals like Holi, Gudi Padva to name a few. Puran Poli is known as vedmi in Gujarat and stuffed with tuar dal (pigeon pea lentil), it is served as a main dish with katachi amti. Puran poli is traditional Indian stuffed bread with sweet lentil filling.

Puran poli (or Vedmi - Gujarati Style) step by step

1. Take a bowl, wash the tuvar dal 3 times with water. Then soak in water for 2-3 hours. After draining the water, boil it with fresh 1/2 cup water. When the dal is soft, let it cool. If you are using a pressure cooker to boil it, do so until it whistles 2-3 times (medium heat)..
2. If the water in step 1 is too much or liquidy, drain the excess water so you would be left with boiled dal alone..
3. Take a frying pan or any other pan. On medium flame add ghee and let it melt. Add the cooled dal to the pan. Mix jaggery/sugar as per your taste and stir well. Add cardamom powder add grated coconut to it and stir. In some minutes (about 4-5 minutes) it will be dry as shown in picture. Set it aside to cool..
4. Take flour in a bowl, add oil and salt as per the ingredients and knead into a dough with water. It should be a little soft not hard. Cover the dough and leave for 15 or 20 min..
5. Form balls out of that dal which we have prepared as per the picture. Form dough balls and roll in the hand to ensure it is round. Take a roti stand or on a clean platform surface using a roller pin roll the dough ball. When it is rolled enough to hold a filling, add the dal ball into the dough, close it properly (picture 2) and roll again using a rolling pin. Ensure it does not crack or break. And maintain the thickness as in the picture..
6. Warm a frying pan on medium heat and heat the roti. You can apply ghee on the top side of the roti while the other side cooks. Let it cook until you see bubbles formed or light brown spots or until the roti rises perfectly. Turn it to the other side, apply ghee on the this new top side and let it cook for some minutes. Overturn again, heat for a minute, and it would be ready..
7. Serve in a plate topped with warm ghee (if you love ghee, or leave it dry). Best served with Khatti meethi daal (sweet & sour daal made from the excess liquid obtained sometimes when boiling the tuvar dal)..

It is a Maharashtrian term and if you literally translate it then Puran = stuffing, poli=roti or outer covering. In short, whole wheat roti is stuffed with sweet lentil stuffing. Gujarati puran poli is popular gujarati recipe made during festival time. It is whole wheat roti stuffed with sweet lentil filling. It has flavors from the dal along with cardamom and sugar/jaggery makes it delicious.