Jeera Poli /Jeera Boli

We are entering the final week of Blogging Marathon #69 edition and this week is going to be an interesting theme with fewer ingredients.

I chose to share 4 ingredients recipe and for this theme the main ingredients to be 4.Any ingredient less than a teaspoon and garnishing cannot be considered.For day1,I am sharing a sweet recipe called jeera boli/poli,quiet popular in Madurai.

Jeera poli is simple yet easy to make sweet in which a fried poori is soaked in a jeera/sugar syrup and garnished.Hence the name Jeera Poli/boli. Garnishing the poli can be done with  chopped nuts and desiccated coconut.The garnishing is purely personal choice and availability of the ingredients.

                                               

                                         

                                                                              

                                                    Jeera Poli/Jeera Boli

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~ 10 minutes
   Cooking time ~ 30-35 minutes

   Makes ~ 8-10

  

 Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
All purpose flour/maida	1 cup
Sugar/sakkarai	3/4 cup
Salt	1/2 tsp
Oil	for frying pooris
Cardamom powder/ellakai	a pinch
Orange or yellow food color	a pinch
Desiccated coconut and chopped nuts	as needed to garnish

 

  

  

 Method 

• In  a mixing bowl take the all purpose flour,salt .Mix it well.Heat the pan with 2 tbs of oil and once it becomes hot add it to the flour and mix it thoroughly.Knead it with water and make a stiff dough.

•  Let it rest for 30-40 minutes.Meanwhile in a pan take the sugar  and add water.Let it boil in a medium flame,till it becomes slightly thick.No need of any string consistency.Finally add the cardamom powder and food color.Put off the flame.

• Divide the dough into 10 equal parts and roll into a smooth ball.Roll it into qa 3-4 inch disc.Apply some oil and fold it into half.

• Then into quarter then roll it into a thin triangle.Continue for the rest of the dough balls.Heat oil in a pan and once it becomes hot fry it like a poori.

• Remove it from the oil and drop it in the sugar syrup(jeera) and soak it for a minute.Then sprinkle the  desiccated coconut and chopped nuts.Arrange it on a plate.

• Store it in an air tight container.

• Round pooris can be made and fried then can be folded into half and served.
• If the pooris are puffed up while frying also fine.Anyway its dipped in sugar syrup and served.
• Saffron can also be added in the sugar syrup,for extra flavor.

Enjoy.................................

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