BAKSHLU / PURAN POLI / BOBBATLU / OOLIGALU

Ingredients for poornam / stuffing –

Chana dal – 1 glass

Jaggery – 1 glass [powderd]

Cardamom powder – 1/3 tsp

For outer layer –

We use chiroti rawa / peni rawa .But  in some places of Andhra maida / all  pourpose flour is also used – 1 glass

Ghee – 1/3 tsp

Salt – pinch

Water – as per

Preparation –

First of all wash the chana dal with water and add 3 glasses of water and place it  on stove for cooking until  it cooks ,

Mean while  as the  cooking  is going on of chana dal take a plate add chiroti rawa and mix it with water to a soft dough {loose than chepathi dough}and let it rest for 1 hour.

Mean while in the middle check the dal with ladel as the chana dal is over cooked as it is waste   [not like a paste,one easy way to find it has cooked or not take one dal  and press with hand it should smash means in the middle white dot like should go but not like fine paste] then drain the excess water in a separate bowl  as it can be used for rasam which we call poornam charu.

Take a cloth and spread cooked chana dal on the cloth for 5 mint’s if any excess water is there it will absorb.

Take a cloth and spread cooked chana dal on the cloth for 5 mint’s if any excess water is there it will absorb.

Now through table top grind it into a fine paste by adding  powdered  jaggery {don’t add any water}add a drop of ghee in while grinding.

The poornam  should be firm ball but not loose , now add cardamom powder and mix well and make equal balls and keep aside by closing a lid or cloth.

 

Now we will check the dough as we mixed and kept for rest as 1 hr is over.

Wash the floor  with water and  wipe with wet cloth,With the help of mortar/gundrayi  beat the flour for five mint’s  and take salt and ghee and grind with gundrayi and mix with the flour and beat it  for more five mint’s and add oil 3 tsp and  beat it nicely  with mortar.And  close it with a cloth and take small portions of  flour .

Take a cigarette paper or aluminum foil apply liberal amount of oil and roll out each ball into a small round with your hand.

Place poornam  ball in the middle and cover it by bringing the edges together. Dip your fingers in the oil to flatten the ball.

Now cover the surface 

pour tsp of oil and spread with hand and place the covered ball on the paper. 

and dip the finger in oil and press like this ............

or if you want easily do you can do  by spreading a thin polythene cover and spread it with your fingers starting at the edges, gradually pressing towards the center, into a thin flat and circular shape.

finally it will come like this ..........

If you are using cover then remove the cover,Mean the while place griddle on the stove for heat and add 2 tsp of oil and spread it full the griddle.

Lay the cigarette paper on the griddle and carefully using a spatula, separate the poli from the foil onto the warm pan.

and remove slowly like this 

be care ful  while removing the paper

Fry or cook it on medium – low heat, applying liberal amounts of ghee, till golden brown on both sides.

Hot hot poonam bhakshalu are ready !! serve hot with ghee or milk or mango shreekarn which is very 

very famous in our area .