Dry fruits poli, How to make poli easy method

No sugar added poli

Dry fruits poli, a no sugar less oil Indian dessert recipe, a healthy version of poli, recipe with step by step pictures. Poli also called as Obattu, Holige, puran poli, vermi in different languages, is a sweet loaded with ghee. The stuffing inside the polis varies from place to place as South Indians, Maharastrians use chana dal and gujaratis use Toor dal. Apart from these traditional polis we also make different varieties of poli with our own creative ideas. I have posted carrot poli, thenga poli apart from the traditional ones with chana dal and the Maharastrian style puran poli. I still remember the way amma and patti makes poli loaded with oil and a super delicious soft polis. They make in huge batches and even distribute to our neighbors too. I don't claim an expert in making polis like the same way she makes, but i can make decent polis. It is more you gain mastery over it by practice. As i do it only once a year for aavani avittam and that too in a very small quantity, my output will not match her level of excellence.
As we all are becoming health conscious and running out of time when any festival falls on a week day. But still we want to follow the traditions too and i am seeing many young girls around the world are so enthusiastic in doing all the delicacies on a festival day.
I am no sure whether diabetic patients can consume dates and nuts, so i don't claim this diabetic friendly sweets but you can call no sugar added sweet. Try this relatively healthy version of poli and enjoy the festival. Also check out my

• Carrot poli - With video
• Paruppu poli

Millet Nei appam recipe | Karthigai deepam recipes

Nei appam | Unniyappam is a traditional sweet generally prepared in our homes for Karthigai deepam, Janmashtami,Ganesha chaturthi, Onam and avani avittam. I have already posted nei appam, wheat appam and many more Karthigai deepam recipes. Two years back, when i learnt the recipe of Traditional Mysore pak from my friend's mom, she told me the recipe of Nei appam too.Though i noted down the measurement of rice:jaggery, i didn't note down anything else. But i remember the way she was explaining to me. So i tried the same using millets instead of rice. Varagu and Thinai will work out very well for sweet appams. I used Samai(little Millet) for making this nei appams and they turned out very well. Check out my full collection of Karthigai deepam recipes.

Carrot Poli recipe | Sweet poli recipe

Bogi pandigai is celebrated in Tamilnadu on the last day of the tamil month Margazhi. Lohiri they call it in Maharastra. We South Indians, make poli | obbattu | boli for this festival. We also make poli for avani avittam too. I have already posted puran poli, thengai poli, paal poli (with video)and maharastrian style puran poli recipe. I wanted to make carrot poli, last year itself but finally this year i am coming up with the recipe of carrot poli for bogi pandigai which falls on Jan 13 2017. I have made a video on how to make poli. Though i won't say the video is too perfect but for sure will benefit the beginners. Click here for the collection of pongal festival recipes.

Paruppu Vadai | Aama vadai recipe | Festival recipes

No onion no garlic recipe

Paruppu vadai | aama vadai is a traditional vadai made in brahmin houses for bhogi pandigai and aavani avittam. This paruppu vadai is served on weddings too. I have already posted ulundu vadai and paruppu vadai too,but this version of aamai vadai is the traditional one made in our family. Along with this vadai we also make poli for bhogi and aavani avittam too. I have few varieties of poli |boli collections , check out my paruppu poli, thengaai poli and paal poli too. As tomorrow is bhogi pandigai, i thought i will post this aama vadai |paruppu vadai recipe today. Wishing you all a very Happy Pongal. See you all with interesting recipes for kannu pongal soon. Check out my pongal festival recipes. 

Paruppu vadai

  Preparation Time : 5 mins+ 2 hours soaking | Cooking Time : 25 Mins |Yields: 14

     Channa dal   1/2 cup
     Toor dal     1/4 cup
     Red chili    2
     Asafoetida   a generous pinch
     Salt   as needed
     Curry leaves   few
     Ghee   1 tsp
     Oil    for deep frying
     
     

Method:

• Soak the channa dal and toor dal together for 2 hours.
• Drain the water completely and put this in a mixie jar for grinding. 
• Grind this coarsely. No need to add water while grinding. You can sprinkle little if needed.

• Add curry leaves, asafoetida, ghee and salt to the ground mixture.
• Mix it well nicely. Add the salt only before making the vada. You can grind the dal and keep it inside the refrigerator and make it later too.  In that case add salt just before making and mix well.

• Heat oil for frying. When the oil is hot bring down to medium low.
• Take a lemon sized ball of the vadai mix and flatten it into patties. 
• Do not flatten it too thick or too thick. Let this be little smaller in size that the usual masala vadai.

• Carefully drop them in the oil. You can put 4-5 in one batch depending upon the size of the pan.
• Fry till golden brown on both sides.
• Do not fry in too hot oil, else inside of the vadais will not get cooked.
• Drain the vadai in a kitchen towel.

• Vadais are ready for neivedhyam.

Notes:

1. Always cook the vadai on medium flame. Else it will not be cooked inside.
2. You can add the curry leaves while grinding.
3. You can add finely chopped cabbage to the the ground batter .
4. Some fennel seeds and onions can be added to make it as masala vadai.
5. Left over vadais can be dunked into rasam and can be made as rasa vadai.
6. Ghee is added to give crispiness to the vada, the tip i learnt from a cook mami who cookes for us during festivals.

  

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Karthigai Appam recipe | Sweet appam

I actually wanted to post Vella adai recipe(will post tomorrow ) but while i was talking to my sister we both were casually sharing the memories about the  Karthigai sweet appam which my mom makes for Karthigai deepam. Also she makes it for Janmashtami too. Then only i realised i haven't posted it here. I have posted the wheat appam recipe, the same one she will deep fry. As we used to gobble it when amma makes it. As i am not a big sweet lover, during my childhood days, especially all jaggery based sweets i hate, i love sweet appam one very much. The entire house filled with lights, we all wearing pattu pavadai, amma making appam wearing the traditional 9 yards saree and wearing all the traditional jewellery, this appam reminded me of all special moments. Being a nurse, by profession, she can't wear bright and big nose rings daily, so she wears only during the festival. And she look very beautiful in that traditional costume and the jewellery. So always Karthigai deepam reminds me of this scene in our house in Madurai. Let me share the recipe of Karthigai sweet appam today. Check the Karthigai Deepam collections .

PURAN POLI RECIPE | PARRUPU POLI RECIPE

POLI WITH CHANNA DAL POORNAM

Puran  Poli |Holige Obbattu is a traditional sweet generally we make during Aavani avittam, Bogi pandigai and some people make during Ganesha Chathurthi too. I have posted the recipe of THENGAI POLI already. During my mom’s visit here 2 weeks back i asked her to make puran poli for me and i wanted to learn the procedure of making kadala paruppu poornam which when i tried first time went wrong. My mom is a super expert in making polis and i still remember my childhood days, she and my grand mother used to make polis in bulk and they happily share with our neighbours too. Me and my sister with our friends used to sit outside the kitchen with plates in hand and hot polis smeared with ghee are served on our plates. Those days we never care about the weight and eat heartily.
But now a days we are so diet conscious and nobody want to stuff themselves  with sweets.  This recipe yields 11 puran polis and finally i learnt the recipe of making kadalai paruppu poornam from mom , which you have already seen in my MODAKAM -WITH CHANNA DAL POORNAM post. Check out my carrot poli recipe with full Video.
UPDATE: As many readers faced issue while kneading the dough and the amount of oil used. As such the recipe is tried and tested at my home by me and my mom and given with precise measurements. But since i got feedback from readers, i wanted to check it out. Me and my mom tried this few times with the same measurements, and we had mixed results. Final inference is, the quantity of oil depends upon the texture of the flour. So first knead the dough with water and then add 3-4 tblsp of oil on the top of it and cover it and keep aside for 4-5 hours. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused . For the first time in these 8 years of blogging, changing the measurement of the recipe (only the quantity of oil) in the ingredients list. Sorry again.

COCONUT POLI | THENGAI POLI RECIPE

   
Thengai Poli or Sweet Poli is my most favorite sweet which we normally make for Bogi (the before day of Pongal festival) and for Aavani avittam. Though my mom usually make poli with channa dal poornam i love this Thengai poli more than that.
Thengai Poli is one of my most favorite one and though my mom makes poli mostly with channa dal pooranam, i am not a great fan of that. She always makes 2-3 polis separately for me with  coconut poornam(filling).

RICE PAYASAM FROM KAILAS KITCHEN – REMEMBERING JAYASREE SATISH

  I am really struggling to find words to write this post and can’t control tears rolling down from my eyes while writing this post. As a food blogger, we all will feel happy when someone tries our recipe and tell us they enjoyed the recipe very much. But Jayasree Satish is no more with us in this moment to enjoy the happy moments. Though i know only through facebook, i always love her smile and calmness in her face. To be more honest, i visited her blog for the first time a few days back and i am amazed to see very nice collection of recipes in her blog.
I tried rice payasam from her blog and that came out super delicious and my husband was asking me to make this again. When i told him about the source of recipe even he also felt very sad. Visit Kailas kitchen for the original recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

RICE	3 TBLSP
COCONUT	1/2 CUP
MILK	1 CUP
GHEE	1 TSP
SUGAR	4 TBLSP
CARDAMOM POWDER	A PINCH
CASHEW NUT	6-7 NO

  METHOD:

• Soak the rice in water for 1/2 an hour.
• Drain the water and grind this along with coconut into a fine paste.
• In a pan, add 2 cups of water and the paste and cook it in a low flame stirring every now and then.
• when this gets completely cooked (will be ready in 5-6 mins) add the sugar and stir well till it get dissolved.
• Add milk to this and bring it to a boil keeping the flame low.Switch off the flame.
• Fry the cashew nuts in ghee and add to the kheer.
• Add cardamom powder to this. Mix well.
• This really tasted well and since i am a big fan of coconut burfi i personally relished it to the core.
• I made this on friday night as a dessert for dinner.

PAAL POLI- MILK POLI RECIPE| AUTHENTIC RECIPES

Celebrating MY 100TH POST- Recipe updated with video

    Paal poli /Milk poli is an authentic Tamil brahmin recipe made in  our place during poojas . I wanted to give it a try for a long time, and finally i have decided to make this to celebrate my 100th post.
   My mom makes this so yummy and i learnt this from her and i used to help my mom whenever she makes this.Many times i wonder  how she makes so effortlessly for a lot of people. When i tried on my own, it came out well without disappointing me. Here goes the recipe for the Paal Poli. Check out my kadala paruppu poli and thengai poli too.

Paruppu payasam recipe, Pandigai recipes

KHEER MADE WITH MOONG DAL AND CHANNA DAL

         Paruppu payasam, a traditional payasam | kheer recipe made using Chana dal, moong dal and jaggery as main ingredients. Paruppu payasam  is made in our family during festivals like aavani avittam, ganesha chaturthi, karthigai deepam,pongal festival and other traditional festivals  also. During my Childhood days i used to hate jaggery based desserts | payasams. But now i started liking jaggery based sweets. This is one of the easiest payasam recipe which can be made so quickly.
Check out my

• Channa dal payasam
• Sago moong dal payasam

PAAL PAYASAM RECIPE (MILK KHEER) | PAYASAM RECIPES

Paal Payasam | Milk Kheer is a traditional sweet made during weddings and also prepared when we invite guests to our home. We also make this during janmasthami too. This is my First post in the website. Check out my

• Besan kheer
• Kerala paal payasam