Holige or Obbatu or Puran poli

About:

Its a sweet dish. Basically its a North Karnataka food.

Ingredients:

For Kanaka/Dough you need.. 

• 2 cups Maida

• 2 tbs Chirote Rave/fine semolina

• A pinch of salt

• A pinch of turmeric..

• 2 tbsp oil for soaking 

Preparation: Mix all the ingredients with warm milk till you get soft elastic dough (almost like a chapatti dough). Keep it covered in a warm place and add oil on the dough to prevent from drying..

For Hoorna/Stuffing  

• 1 cup (1 Pav) Chana Dal

• 1.5 cups soft dark brown jaggery

• 2tsps green cardamom powder

• ½ cup fresh grated coconut

Preparation: Boil Chana Dal on stop stop with 3cups of water till the Dal is soft but does not break. Strain all the water. Grind the Dal to a smooth paste without any water.. In a thick Kadai, add jaggery and sprinkle a handful of water and melt the jaggery.. and boil for 2-3 minutes till bubbles form. To this add cardamom powder and mix well. Now add the Dal paste and mix well. In a medium flame, keep stirring this mixture for 10-12 minutes till all the water evaporates and the m mixture gets to a Halwa consistency. To this add fresh coconut and keep it aside to cool.

How to prepare?

• Take ping pong sized dough. Pat it on a foil greased with oil to a little disk. 

• Now take a ping pong sized filling and place it in the puri. Close all the ends and roll out to a desired size. 

• On a tawa fry the Holige with very little oil if needed.

Tip: Use rice flour for dusting when rolling out the Holige. This gives a very unique flavor..

How to Serve?

Serve with milk or curd. Usually people love to have this with milk.

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