A very innovative recipe to use apple to make poli, a traditional sweet of India.
Prep Time1 hourhr
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr25 minutesmins
Method: Cooking
Course: Sweets
Servings: 4Polis
Ingredients
Ingredients For The Dough:
1CupAll Purpose Flour(Maida)
APinchSalt
1TablespoonGhee
Ingredients For The Stuffing:
1Grated Small Apple(Be Sure To Check That It's Sweet)
¼ To ½CupGrated Or Crumbled Milk Khoa(Khova, Mawa)
2 Tablespoons Or As PerTaste)Sugar
½TeaspoonCardamom Powder
2TeaspoonsGhee
AsNeededPowdered Dhalia, Optional
Instructions
Combine all purpose flour, salt and water to form a ball of dough, just like chapathi dough. Then add the ghee and knead it thoroughly. Cover the dough and let it sit for at least one hour.
Cut the top and bottom of the apple.
Slice the apple.
Peel the skin.
Grate the apple slices.
For the halwa/puran, add the ghee in a microwave safe bowl and the grated apples, cook it for 2 minutes.
Then add the sugar and khoa to the cooked apples.
Cook it for another 3 minutes or until you don't smell raw apples. Alternatively you can prepare this on stove top also. Add 2 teaspoons of ghee in a frying pan and sauteed the grated apples, until they are cooked well. Then add the sugar, let it dissolve and then add the khoya and combine it together. If this mixture is a bit watery add some more khoya or the powdered dhalia, so that the stuffing will hold together properly.
Now divide the dough into 4 equal size balls. Also take 4 equal portions of the stuffing. Make the stuffing smaller in size than the dough. Eat the rest of the halwa just like that. Everybody will ask for more.
Roll the dough into a small circle.
Place one portion of the stuffing on the the rolled out dough.
Cover the stuffing using the dough.
Press the tip of the dough and flatten it into a disc.
Roll out the stuffed dough into a circle, like roti.
Meanwhile pre heat the tava (griddle). Place the poli on the hot tava, cook it on both sides, applying little ghee.
Taste & Texture
The taste was unbelievable! I was really proud of my creation. My mother and my son loved it very much.