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Jeera Poli

south indian sweet Poli recipe
5 from 2 votes
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Ingredients

  • Oil to fry

FOR THE DOUGH

  • 1/2 cup Maida | all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp fine rava
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp oil
  • water around 3 tbsp
  • Pinch of salt
  • Water as required

Sugar syrup

  • 3/4 cup hot water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Saffron generous portion
  • 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
  • Pinch of turmeric powder

Poli

  • Sweetened coconut flakes
  • crushed almond flakes

Instructions

PREPARE THE DOUGH

  • First, add all-purpose flour, a pinch of salt, turmeric powder, and oil
  • Mix well and make sure all the ingredients are combined well
  • Add water little by little and knead well till the flour comes together as a dough. I added around 3 tbsp
  • Grease your hands with a little oil and knead the dough well for 3-4 minutes till you get a pliable, non-sticky dough
  • Finally, drizzle oil and cover the dough with a damp cloth and let the dough sit for at least 30 minutes

PREPARE SUGAR SYRUP

  • Add 1/2 cup of hot water, sugar, cardamom powder, saffron, and turmeric powder, and mix well
  • Cook in a medium flame till the sugar melts
  • Furthermore, add 1/4 cup of hot water and cook for 4-5 minutes until the sugar syrup boils well
  • Sample a little of the sugar syrup between your thumb and index finger
  • Initially, you will get a sticky consistency
  • Cook for 1 more minute for half-string consistency. Little sugar syrup in between your thumb and index finger, and stretch- you will get a string, but it will break immediately if you try to stretch further it will break. (This stage usually comes around 5-6 minutes.)
  • Add a few drops of lemon juice and cover the sugar syrup. Move aside

FRY POORI

  • Knead the dough once and divide it into 4 balls
  • Grease the chappathi rolling board with a little oil
  • Take a dough ball and roll it into a thin and flat poori
  • You can roll big poori or cut it into smaller poori
  • Heat oil in a Kadai and when the oil is hot, try frying a small piece of dough. If it rises in a few seconds, the oil is ready
  • Carefully slide the poori into the hot oil
  • Gently press the poori with a ladle till it puffs up
  • Flip and fry both sides. Drain the Poori using a perforated ladle and keep them in an oil filter/ colander with a kitchen towel to remove excess oil

JEERA POLI

  • If the sugar syrup  is not warm, add a tsp of water and warm the sugar syrup on a low flame
  • When sugar syrup crystallizes, add a little extra water and warm it
  • Transfer the batches of warm poori to a plate and add warm sugar syrup (not hot)
  • Soak for 2 mins on both sides. Transfer and serve the sugar syrup
  • SERVE JEERA POLI
  • Drizzle sugar syrup on top of the jeera poli and sprinkle nuts and desiccated coconut

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