We love traditional Puran Poli but wanted to cut down on the intense sweetness from jaggery so we made instead with daal, dried fruit and nuts as the dried fruit lent enough sweet. The end result was a pillow-soft bread filled with a rich, sweet and nutty filling.
WHAT IS VEDHMI-PURAN POLI
Vedhmi/Vedmi is a Gujarati word for Puran Poli (Indian flatbread Stuffed with sweet lentil filling). It’s a very popular traditional dessert throughout India, served piping hot with a bowl of aromatic ghee. In Gujarat, this dessert is called Vedhmi, simply because it’s made with your fingertips by tapping the stuffed flatbread and in Gujarati fingertips means Vedha!
WHEN TO PREPARE VEDHMI-PURAN POLI
Vedhmi or Puran Poli is one of the tastiest and delicious desserts in Indian cuisine. Mostly this dessert is prepared during festivals and other occasions. It is made during many Indian festivals such as makar sakranti, pongal, Holi to name a few. Although – who needs an excuse for a treat!
What is the DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GUJARATI AND MAHARASHTRIAN PURAN POLI?
While in many other states of India, Chana Daal (Split Bengal gram daal) is used to make the filling, in Gujarat mostly toover daal (Split pigeon pea) and jaggery or sugar are used, and these beautiful and aromatic flavours are added by using cardamom and nutmeg. For the upper layer many people use Semolina and Plain flour to make flatbread crispy outside, but mostly I have seen Vedhmi made with Whole Wheat flour. Maharashtrain Puran Poli are mostly filled with chana dal and sugar.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH VEDHMI-PURAN POLI
In Gujarat mostly Vedhmi served with Gujarati Kadhi, Peas Pulao, Patra, Valor-Ringna nu saak and obviously a generous dose of pure golden Ghee, Next morning once again we get chance to enjoy Vedhmi, but this time we would wash it down with Kesar Badam Milk .
MAKING VEDHMI-PURAN POLI A TEDIOUS JOB?
Many believe that the perfect preparation of Vedhmi / Puran Poli involves a high skilled task, I agree to a certain extent. Mostly you would be disappointed when filling oozes out of the dough and flatbread starts tearing. Also in the making Puran (filling) or in kneading the dough, but couple of things you can keep in your mind while preparing (see method) and obviously with some experience the job can be done. So if you are a crazy fan of Vedhmi / Puran poli, but still love to try something different try this Dried fruit and nuts Vedhmi. I am sure you will have no complaints. If you want to try Traditional Vedhmi recipes, just leave dried fruits and nuts out and make it original way ( No Dry fruit and nuts ) with the same methods.
Ingredients for Puran Poli layer and filling:
You will need:- Dough – Upper layer
1 cup chapatti flour (I used wholemeal). You can also use plain flour which is how Puran poli is made in South India. Pinch salt 1/2 tsp. oil Water
You will need :- Filling
1/2 cup chana and toover daal (you can use either of them if you like) 3 tbsp. khoya / Mawa or full fat milk powder 7-8 dried figs finely chopped 7-8 medjool dates. pitted and finely chopped 4 tbsp. mixed nuts ( almond, cashew and pistachio ) 1 tbsp. white poppy seeds ( Khus Khus ) 1/4 cup sugar Pinch cardamom and nutmeg powder
Step-by-step Method to make Puran Poli
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