Sankranti Special Til Gud Poli Recipe Video
Til gul poli is a special Maharastrian dish made on Sankranti. It is a flat bread stuffed with a filling of til or sesame seeds and gul or jaggery. This poli is served cold with ghee.
Ingredients
Ingredients For the Dough:
1 Cup Wheat Flour/Atta/Kanik
1 Cup All-Purpose Flour/Maida
2 Tbsp Cheackpea Flour/Besan
3-4 Tbsp Oil
1 Tsp Salt/Adjust to your test
About 3/4 Cup Milk (can substitute with water)
Ingredients For the Stuffing/Filling:
1 Cup brown cane sugar called jaggery (grated)(adjust to taste)(Gud/chiralela Gul)
1/4 Cup White Sesame Seeds /Til (lightly roasted till it is crisp & golden in colour)
1/4 Cup Poppy Seeds/Khuskhus (Dry-roasted powdered)
1/4 Cup Dry grated Coconut/Kislele Khobare (Dry-roasted)
1/4 Cup Chickpea Flour/Besan
Ghee/Clarified Butter/Tup (as needed)(can substitute with unsalted butter)
Pinch of Nutmeg Powder/Jaifal pud (Optional)
Directions
To make dough mix all dry ingredients and add milk slowly as per requirement.
Heat ghee and add chickpea flour. Stir it.
Add ghee as required and keep stirring.
Roast the flour until it changes its color and is aromatic.
Let it cool completely.
Meanwhile, grind sesame seeds, coconut to it.
Now add poppy seed powder.
Now homogenously mix pinch of nutmeg, jaggery into cooled chickpea flour.
Make balls from the flour and plastic wrap it.
Make equal balls of the dough.
You can make the poli in two methods
First: take one ball o dough and separate it into two parts in 70:30 ratio and roll both balls into 5:3 diameters.
Stuff the filling and roll again to flatten.
Second: take one ball of dough and roll it about 5 inches in diameter, add the stuffing in the centre and seal all the sides.
Fry the poli on hot tawa greasing it with some ghee from both sides.
Heat ghee and add chickpea flour. Stir it.
Add ghee as required and keep stirring.
Roast the flour until it changes its color and is aromatic.
Let it cool completely.
Meanwhile, grind sesame seeds, coconut to it.
Now add poppy seed powder.
Now homogenously mix pinch of nutmeg, jaggery into cooled chickpea flour.
Make balls from the flour and plastic wrap it.
Make equal balls of the dough.
You can make the poli in two methods
First: take one ball o dough and separate it into two parts in 70:30 ratio and roll both balls into 5:3 diameters.
Stuff the filling and roll again to flatten.
Second: take one ball of dough and roll it about 5 inches in diameter, add the stuffing in the centre and seal all the sides.
Fry the poli on hot tawa greasing it with some ghee from both sides.
Editors Review
Sankranti Special Til Gud poli is a Maharashtrian delicacy which beautifully blends the flavors of jaggery and sesame seeds in this dessert. The dish is usually prepared for the occasion of sankranti, which is a kite flying festival in India. Watch this video and surprise your family with this delicious recipe.Chef
