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    Home » Recipes » Sweets

    Dates poli recipe, Sweet poli recipes

    January 13, 2017 by Raks Anand 1 Comment / Jump to Recipe

    Dates poli made with maida (all purpose flour) or semolina outer layer and a sweet stuffing made with dates.

    Dates poli recipe
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    Usually poli stuffing made in lot of variations like coconut, toor dal, chana dal, potato, etc. I have posted sweet potato poli last year. This year thought of posting some thing different too with dates as pooranam (pooran) / stuffing.

    We usually not make any poli during pongal time, but many people prepare poli during pongal festival. Do try this delicious poli with dates/ pericham pazham as main ingredient for stuffing.

    📝 My notes

    There are different types of date. Some are dry, some fresh. For soft results, I suggest to use soft and fresh dates.

    Also if you are not sweet tooth, I am sure the sweet from dates is enough for the recipe and no need for extra.

    💭 Top tip

    • For soft poli, you should add more water while making dough and rest it well. You can also add ¼ teaspoon baking powder to the flour for softness.
    • Oiling and resting the dough is necessary for handling the dough without stickiness.
    • While resting you can add oil to prevent it from drying, as well as for a pliable dough.
    • I had no stock of maida, so had to use semolina flour. You can use half rava and half maida too to make the dough, or even half wheat flour, maida combination.
    • If using fresh coconut and you need more shelf life, first dry roast the coconut and then add dates.

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    Wishing all my reader friends a Happy Pongal!😊

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    Dates poli recipe
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    Dates poli recipe

    Dates poli made with maida (all purpose flour) or semolina outer layer and a sweet stuffing made with dates.
    Course Sweets
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Servings 12
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Maida or Semolina flour
    • 3 tablespoon Oil
    • Salt
    • 1 cup Dates
    • ¼ cup Coconut grated – ¼ cup
    • 2 tablespoon Jaggery powder Optional
    • 1 Cardamom Green
    • Ghee - as needed
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    Instructions

    • In a mixing bowl, take maida (I used semolina flour), add 1 tablespoon of oil/ghee, salt and mix well.
    • Then add water little by little to make a dough by kneading it well for 5 min.
    • Dough should be soft and pliable. Cover and keep aside for at least 2 hours.
    • Meanwhile, chop dates and grind it in a mixer.
    • Heat a pan with a teaspoon of ghee in low flame and add ground dates, coconut (I used desiccated, but fresh works well too).
    • Add powdered jaggery and cardamom powder. Just heat in low flame to mix everything together.
    • Cool down and make equal sized balls (gooseberry sized).
    • Once 2 hrs resting time is over for the dough, knead it again well and divide into equal sized balls.
    • Pour a tablespoon of oil over the rolled balls and keep it covered for 5 mins.
    • To prepare poli, over a clean kitchen counter top, place a butter paper and first flatten with hands.
    • Then stuff it with prepared dates by covering the dough around dates ball.
    • Flatten slightly and roll it thinly in between 2 butter papers. Butter paper helps to thin the poli well. If you do not have butter paper, you can use oil or dust generously with flour too.
    • Heat tawa and drizzle some ghee, transfer the poli to the tawa.
    • Cook in medium flame. Drizzle more ghee on top and flip to cook both sides until golden. Repeat to finish.

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    Notes

    • Never heat the dates mixture on high flame. Just mixing it to melt the jaggery and mixing is enough. You can use sugar too.
    • The dates stuffing and maida , both should be in same texture (softness) for evenly rolling the poli.
    • Stack the poli as you make to retain its softness.
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    1. First, in a mixing bowl, take maida (I used semolina flour), add 1 tablespoon of oil/ghee, salt and mix well. Then add water little by little to make a dough by kneading it well for 5 min. Dough should be soft and pliable. Cover and keep aside for at least 2 hours.

    dough

    2. Meanwhile, chop dates and grind it in a mixer.

    grind dates

    3. Next heat a pan with a teaspoon of ghee in low flame and add ground dates, coconut (I used desiccated, but fresh works well too) powdered jaggery and cardamom powder. Just heat in low flame to mix everything together.

    heat

    4. Cool down and make equal sized balls (gooseberry sized). Once 2 hrs resting time is over for the dough, knead it again well and divide into equal sized balls. Pour a tablespoon of oil over the rolled balls and keep it covered for 5 mins.

    roll

    5. To prepare poli, over a clean kitchen counter top, place a butter paper and first flatten with hands.

    spread

    6. Then stuff it with prepared dates by covering the dough around dates ball.

    stuff

    7. Flatten slightly and roll it thinly in between 2 butter papers. Butter paper helps to thin the poli well. If you do not have butter paper, you can use oil or dust generously with flour too.

    flatten

    8. Heat tawa and drizzle some ghee, transfer the poli to the tawa. Cook in medium flame. Drizzle more ghee on top and flip to cook both sides until golden. Repeat to finish.

    cook

    Enjoy dates poli with butter or ghee smeared over if desired.

    dates poli

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    1. Kanaha

      February 07, 2017 at 1:24 pm

      Wow, never heard this before.How is the taste? Does dates dominate?

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