Easy South Indian Paruppu Poli – Sweet Poli made with jaggery. Tamilnadu style paruppu poli recipe.
If there is one sweet that is so traditional and made for almost all special occasions in the family or during festival time, it has to be the poli / obbattu. For all kind of functions at home, obbattu will be made a day ahead to be served during lunch. This is my husbands all time favorite sweet and there is this little thing I noticed after marriage. In his place, they serve the obbattu / poli with a generous tablespoon of ghee and a banana. The combination of banana and poli is something I had never heard of till I got married. I am a purist. I like my obbattu just as is. If you are ready, go on, peel a banana and dunk the obbattu in ghee and enjoy! Let me know if that’s a good idea. Here is how to do sweet poli / obbattu from scratch.
Here is the recipe for Whole Wheat Atta Obbattu / Sweet Poli I had made earlier.
First, lets make the dough.
I have used a cup of maida today. Add in 2 tablespoon of sesame oil and 1/3 cup of water to start with. Start mixing to form a sticky dough. I added 2 more tablespoons of water while mixing. The dough should be wet and sticky. Once mixed well, add in 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil to cover the dough. Cover and let the dough to rest for an hour.
After the rest, the dough should be pliable but still tacky. You should be able to easily pinch a lemon sized ball from the dough. Set aside. The dough for sweet poli / paruppu obbattu is ready.
Pooranam / Stuffing:
Soak the chana dal in water for an hour.
Cook the soaked chana dal with 1 and 1/2 cup of water in a pressure cooker. Cook for 5 whistles on a medium flame. Remove from heat and wait for the pressure to settle naturally.
Drain the cooked chana dal and grind it in a mixie along with jaggery and cardamom powder. Powder the jaggery before adding it to the mixie. Grind to a smooth paste.
Make sure its smooth as it will be easier to roll the obbattu later. If the chana dal is in pieces and not ground well, it may pop out while rolling and making a mess. Try not to add extra water while grinding. Transfer the ground mixture to a pan and fry for 5 minutes to take out the excess moisture. Set aside to cool. Make small lime sized balls out of the mixture and set aside on a plate.
Stuffing the obbattu
Knead the well rested dough for a minute and make small lemon sized balls out of the mixture. Apply oil generously to your hands and take a small dough and place it on a wax paper. Start patting the dough to form a circle. Place the pooranam / stuffing ball in the middle of the dough and start covering the dough by pinching in the top.
Gently gather the edges to the middle and pinch to cover the pooranam / stuffing completely. Repeat the procedure until all of the dough has been stuffed with pooranam. Set aside to rest.
I like to spread the ball on a wax paper. You can use a banana leaf, parchment etc… to avoid the dough from sticking while rolling.
Apply oil to your hands and start pressing the ball gently to spread. Let the ball be facing seam side up. Start pressing gently to spread the dough to form a circle. Somehow the seam side ( the pinched side ) works better and I always press seam side up. Its your choice. Whatever you feel comfortable, go for it.
Gently keep pressing the dough to evenly spread and form a circle. Apply oil again if necessary. Spread it into a 3 inch circle (approx). The dough will spread effortlessly.
Gently release the flattened dough from the wax paper. Set a griddle on heat on medium flame and place the obbattu and sprinkle some oil or ghee. Cook for a minute on each side.
Once its golden on both sides, remove from heat and set aside on a plate to cool completely. Once the obbattu is cooled, transfer to a container. I like to keep the obbattu in the refrigerator as the dal stuffing tends to spoil at room temperature faster. It stays good for about a week in the refrigerator.
Serving Obbattu: Just microwave the cold obbatu out of the refrigerator for 15 seconds. Serve warm. I always serve my obbattu warm.
Paruppu Poli Recipe, Sweet Poli Recipe, Paruppu Obbattu Recipe
Easy South Indian Paruppu Poli – Sweet Poli made with jaggery. Tamilnadu style paruppu poli recipe.
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 15 obbattu 1x
Ingredients
For the dough
- 1 cup Maida (All purpose flour)
- 1/3 cup water (plus one or two tablespoon more)
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil (nallennai)
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
For Pooranam / stuffing
- 1 cup chana dal
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 cup jaggery
- 1/4 cup Vegetable oil or ghee for frying the obbattu
Instructions
- Mix the sesame oil, water and flour to make a sticky dough. Cover the dough with oil and allow it to rest for an hour. Set aside.
- Soak the chana dal in water for an hour.
- Cook the soaked chana dal with 1 and ½ cup of water in a pressure cooker. Cook for 5 whistles on a medium flame. Remove from heat and wait for the pressure to settle naturally.
- Drain the cooked chana dal and grind it in a mixie along with jaggery and cardamom powder.
- Transfer the ground mixture to a pan and fry for 5 minutes to take out the excess moisture. Set aside to cool.
- Make small lime sized balls out of the mixture and set aside on a plate.
- Apply oil generously to your hands and take a small dough and place it on a wax paper. Start patting the dough to form a circle. Place the pooranam / stuffing ball in the middle of the dough and start covering the dough by pinching in the top. Apply oil to your hands and start pressing the ball gently to spread. Gently keep pressing the dough to evenly spread and form a circle.
- Set a griddle on heat on medium flame and place the obbattu and sprinkle some oil or ghee. Cook for a minute on each side.
- Set aside on a plate to cool.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Sweet
- Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Obattu or uppudthu is it tamil name. I always wonder as my family used to call it upputhu 🙂
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Excellent and came out great!
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Hi! Will the sesame oil taste be strong? Can if be replaced with ghee when making the dough? Thanks!
sure. you can use ghee.
This time, the obbattu came out really well following your recipe. I used to usually have it thick and hard before. This one came very soft and thin. I did use the rolling pin to get a wider and thinner spread. Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much!
my poli came out hard.. any idea how to make it softer and more supple?
Do not cook the poli on a low flame. It will dry out the outer skin.
Was very easy to prepare. Came out very well. Thank you for sharing.
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Amazing recipe!! Tried this for Bhogi today n chancey illa…..it was awesome 👍
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In Maharashtra we call it Puran Poli!! 😀 one of my all time favorite
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Excellent
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Enjoyed making this. Thank you
Thank you so much. Glad you liked it. Stay safe and happy cooking.
Great recipe and beautiful photos.. I have tried Poli with Semiya payasam.. Yum !!!
Thanks a lot for the recipe and detailed pictures. My first time making poli with no help and it’s a success.
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I tried this recipe is super and the way of you explaining is really good sis
I tried this recipe too came out very well sis thank you sis 😊
Every receipe of yours is awesome, your way of explaining the receipe is good.Thank you
Thank you so much Sofiya!
nicely explained.. making it for my daughter:)
Hey, should the chana dal be roasted?
No need to roast.
It was my maiden attempt in making Boli. I followed your instructions for the recipe to a tee and voila it turned out too good. My MIL and hubby were pretty impressed with the outcome. Thanks a lot Suguna !!
Thank you Sai.
Can I get Coimbatore type obbattu with jaggery in any of the shops in chennai or from anyone who is making?
May I know ur cup measurement ? 160 ml or 250 ml ??
I have used standard measuring cups Hema. 1 Cup is approx 240 ml, 1 tablespoon 15 ml and 1 teaspoon 5 ml
Recipe nicely provided. I made it for the first time all by myself and it came out really well.
Thanks Saguna
Thank you Bharathi!
Hi Akka,
Thanks for the recipe..
Can wheat flour replace the Maida?
I have given wheat flour poli recipe.
http://www.kannammacooks.com/obbattu-recipe-obbattu-bobbatlu-recipe/