Festive Cuisine - Sankrant - Teel Poli of Maharashtra

Teel Poli of Maharashtra

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups white sesame seeds
2 cups grated jaggery
¼ tsp ginger powder
1½ tsp cardamom powder
¼ tsp nutmeg powder
1½ cups maida (refined flour)
oil as required

METHOD:

Knead the maida with 1½ tsp oil and a pinch of salt to make soft dough. Keep it covered for some time. Heat white sesame on a low flame and stir continuously so that it doesn’t fall out of the pan. When cooled, pound them. Mix the jaggery into the sesame and pound together so that it mixes well. Mix nutmeg and cardamom powder into this mixture. Make small balls of the dough and placing it in the palm, press it to make a small indentation in the middle. Fill this indentation with a ball of the sesame and jaggery mixture. Make a stuffed ball. Smear some oil on a rolling board and roll out a roti (called poli in Maharashtra) as thin as possible. Shallow fry the roti till it is golden brown in colour. Repeat the same procedure for a good number of teel rotis as per your family’s requirements.

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