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Coconut poli
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Coconut poli with wheat flour

Soft polis made using whole wheat flour and stuffed with coconut and jaggery poornam
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Resting time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Sweet, Traditional sweet
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Festival recipes, South Indian festival, sweets
Servings: 4 polis
Author: Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

  • ½ cup whole wheat flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 7 tsp sesame oil
  • Water to make the dough
  • Ghee as needed to make the poli

For the poornam

Instructions

  • In a bowl add the wheat flour, salt and turmeric powder.
  • Mix well and add water little by little to knead a soft pliable dough.
  • Add 4 tsp of sesame to this and knead well.
  • Smear 3 tsp of oil on the top and keep it covered for 30 minutes – 1 hour.
  • Always use sesame oil for making polis.

Meanwhile, let’s make the poornam.

  • In a pan add the jaggery and add 2 tbsp of water.
  • Once the water starts boiling add the grated coconut.
  • If you want to filter the jaggery water, go ahead and do it and then add the coconut.
  • Cook for 2 minutes, it will come to whole mass.
  • Let the water evaporates but the poornam should not solidify.
  • Else we can’t pat the polis. The poornam should be soft.
  • Add 1 tsp ghee and ½ tsp cardamom powder to this.
  • Mix well and switch off the flame.
  • Allow this to cool completely.
  • Make the dough into lemon sized balls.
  • Also, make the poornam also into lemon sized balls.
  • You can either use a banana leaf or butter paper.
  • I used a butter paper, grease the paper.
  • Place a dough ball in the center.
  • Grease your hands with ghee and pat this gently and make a small disc.
  • Place the poornam in the center.
  • Gently close the edges.
  • Now start patting the polis using your fingers.
  • Do not use rolling pin.
  • Gently push the inside filling to all the sides of the poli.
  • Let the edges be thin.
  • Patiently do this process.
  • Heat a pan and gently take out the poli from the paper.
  • Place it on the tawa.
  • Cook on both sides.
  • Smear ghee on both sides.
  • Once it is cooked on both sides, take out from the pan.
  • Repeat this for the rest of the polis.
  • I was left with one extra dough ball.
  • The poornam came for 4 polis only.
  • This whole wheat poli stays soft for 6-7 hours.

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Notes

  1. You can store this in the refrigerator and reheat and serve this the next day.
  2.  The same coconut poli poornam can be used for making kozhakattai too.