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Vedhmi (Sweet Stuffed Flatbread)

Puran poli or vedhmi is a sweet version of stuffed chapati from the Gujarat in the Indian subcontinent. It is mainly stuffed with toor dal, but some people use chana dal.

Ingredients

  • ½ kg toor dal
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp cardamom powder
  • ½ kg jaggery
  • ½ kg wheat flour (maida)
  • 100 ml oil
  • 1 tsp ghee

Instructions

  1. 1
    Wash and boil the toor dal with water and ½ tsp salt until soft.
  2. 2
    Cool slightly and strain the dal using a strainer.
  3. 3
    Add cardamom powder and jaggery to the dal, then grind to make a fine paste. If the paste is sticky, keep it on the heat to dry up completely. This is known as "puran".
  4. 4
    Knead flour with ½ tsp salt and enough water to make a dough. Do not make the dough hard.
  5. 5
    Add oil, and knead the dough again until the oil is absorbed.
  6. 6
    Prepare an equal number of balls from the dough and puran.
  7. 7
    Roll out dough balls to make small un-cooked chapati.
  8. 8
    Stuff each uncooked chapati with a ball of puran.
  9. 9
    Roll them again into stuffed chapati just like stuffed paratha. It is called "poli".
  10. 10
    Heat a griddle and fry each poli.
  11. 11
    Brush ghee on both sides when done.
  12. 12
    Serve.
Cuisine
Indian