Gul poli
Gul poli, from above
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Gul poli

Flaky flatbread stuffed with jaggery, sesame and roasted besan. Sankranti on a plate.

75 minTime
6 gProtein each
mildSpice
Makar Sankranti in Maharashtra1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayJaggery sesame poli with ghee.
The original
383kcalsame
6 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
75minutessame

Classic gul poli.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

8 servings
Jaggery1¼ cups, grated
Sesame seeds¼ cup, roasted and powdered
Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)3 tbsp
Poppy seeds (white poppy seeds)1 tbsp
Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)¼ cup, dry coconut
Cardamom½ tsp
Whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour)1⅔ cups
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)⅓ cup
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)hot oil for the dough and filling
Gheefor roasting
Salta pinch

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Knead atta, maida, salt and 3 tbsp hot oil with water into a soft dough. Rest 1 hour.
  2. 2Roast besan in the remaining oil until golden. Mix with jaggery, sesame, poppy seeds, coconut and cardamom and knead into a smooth filling.
  3. 3Wrap filling between two small dough rounds, seal and roll thin with rice flour dusting.
  4. 4Roast on a medium hot tawa until light brown spots appear, then brush with ghee.
Serve it like this

Serve warm with a spoon of ghee melting on top, or with a cup of warm milk.

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