10 May 2025
Bobbatlu or Puran Poli Candy | Paruppu Poli (Bolli) | Candy Puran Poli Recipe | Holige | Bakshalu – Bobbatlu or Puran Poli is a basic Indian conventional competition candy. It’s mainly a flat bread full of a candy lentil filling referred to as Poornam, which is constituted of break up Bengal gram and jaggery.
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Because the competition season begins I’m sharing just a few conventional competition dishes- Let’s start with Bobbatlu or Puran Poli. Earlier than we leap into the recipe, just a few phrases about Ugadi.
The second we take into consideration festivals in India, we’re handled to an imagery of myriad, blast of colors, sweets, music, household, pals, laughter, and so forth. Ugadi is the brand new 12 months day for the folks of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. In Maharashtra the identical day is widely known because the onset of the Maharashtrian new 12 months and it is named ‘Gudi Padva’, which accurately means the start of the brand new 12 months. The identify of the competition ‘Ugadi’ is derived from two phrases ‘Yuga’ and ‘Aadi’. ‘Yuga Aadi’ means ‘starting of a brand new age’. It’s believed that Lord Brahma, the creator began his work of creation on the ‘Chaitra suddha padhyami’ day, which got here to be referred to as Ugadi. The onset of spring additionally symbolically marks the start of latest life.
Preparations for the competition start nearly per week earlier than Ugadi. Homes are cleaned. Individuals buy groceries to purchase new garments, jewelry and different residence equipment. On Ugadi folks get up earlier than the break of daybreak and have a shower. The entrances of their properties are embellished with contemporary mango leaves because it signifies an excellent crop and basic effectively being.
There isn’t any Ugadi with out Ugadi Pachadi, as we name it in Andhra. Ugadi Pacchadi is a singular combination with six parts of style, which symbolizes the truth that life is a combination of various experiences. The Ugadi Pachhadi is combination of Neem buds/flower, its bitterness signifying disappointment, jaggery and ripe banana items for sweetness, signifying happiness, inexperienced chilli/pepper for its sizzling style, signifying anger, salt for worry, tamarind juice for its sourness signifying disgust and uncooked mango for its tang, signifying shock. That’s symbolic sufficient to indicate that life has its moments of happiness and disappointment and it have to be accepted along with the identical sense of equanimity. Rising above petty conditions and accepting every thing is the first message of the Ugadi competition. Supply of information Wikipedia and ofcourse somethings which I’ve been working towards for years within the household.
Bobbattu is a basic conventional competition candy in Andhra. It’s mainly a flat bread full of a candy lentil filling referred to as poornam, which is constituted of break up Bengal gram and jaggery. It’s fashionable with completely different names in numerous components of the nation and goes by the identify Puran poli, Holige, Obbattu, poli, boli, bakshalu and Puranachi poli. Often conventional bobbatlu are made with Bengal gram dal however I additionally make completely different variations with coconut filling, several types of lentils and even with nuts. You could be inventive to make the stuffing of your selection. The selection of sweetener could possibly be both jaggery or sugar however I desire with jaggery 
.
If you’re making it for the primary time, it might break and filling would possibly come out slightly, don’t fear, sprinkle some dry flour to that half and it will likely be positive. Good Bobbattlu or Puran Poli require some apply.
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It mainly entails 4 main steps –
Let’s undergo every of those steps in detail-
Observe: The quantity of oil is as much as you. I’ve used little or no oil however normally the dough ought to be effectively soaked in oil. Be at liberty to make use of oil to fit your style and requirement. However keep in mind that the surplus oil is drained later earlier than utilizing the dough.
Within the meantime put together the filling or poornam.
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Jaggery syrup for the filling:
Smear some melted ghee on prime of the babbattu or Puran Poli and serve heat or sizzling. You may as well dunk it in heat milk and have it.
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Bobbattu or Puran Poli is a basic Indian conventional competition candy. It’s mainly a flat bread full of a candy lentil filling referred to as poornam, which is constituted of break up Bengal gram and jaggery.
Combine all goal flour(maida) with a pinch of salt, 2 teaspoons of oil.
Add water to it little by little and knead to a really clean dough. The consistency of the dough ought to be very free than the common roti dough, that is an important step in any other case you’ll not get softer polis.
Now place this dough in a deep vessel and pour remainder of the oil over it till the dough is totally soaked in oil. Let the dough relaxation for 1 to 2 hours.
Within the meantime put together the filling or poornam.
Wash and soak Bengal gram (minimal ½ an hour). Finest could be to soak dal first and blend the dough.
Discard soaked water, add 2 cups of contemporary water to the drained lentils and stress prepare dinner over excessive warmth for 3 whistles. Then simmer to low warmth for five minutes and switch off the warmth.
Open the stress cooker as soon as the stress subsides. Drain any extra water from the dal and mash it. Switch to a large pan.
To this add ½ cup of desiccated coconut and jaggery syrup.
Add jaggery powder to a saucepan and add ½ cup of water to it. Warmth over medium warmth until the jaggery melts after which pressure into the pan with the dal.(That is primarily performed to take away any impurities within the jaggery)
Warmth this combination of dal, desiccated coconut and jiggery syrup until all of the moisture evaporates and also you get a thick consistency. Flip off the warmth.
Now add cardamom powder and blend effectively. The filling or poornam is prepared.
Let the combination cool utterly after which make small sized balls out of it.
Take a polythene or plastic cowl or butter paper and grease it with some oil.
Drain all the surplus oil over the dough and use.
Pinch a small marble sized dough (the quantity of dough ought to be half the amount of the filling you’re taking) and flatten it a bit utilizing your arms and place one ball of filling and seal it correctly from all the sides like how we do for parathas. Now flatten it slowly with arms to get 5″ diameter circle.
Alternatively you possibly can roll or unfold along with your arms between two greased clear sheets. Adapt the tactic which ever is handy for you.
Warmth a griddle over medium warmth. Gently take away the babbattu from the sheet and placed on the griddle when it’s sizzling sufficient. Now simmer to low warmth.
Now fry it on either side making use of oil/ghee till mild golden in colour. Don’t fry it for very long time, it can make the bobbatus bit laborious. So shortly take away it from the griddle if you get to see the brown patches on it.
Repeat the method for making all polis, smear the sheeet liberally with oil and observe the identical process.
Smear some melted ghee and serve the bobbatlu or puran poli heat or sizzling with melted ghee.
They are often saved in an air-tight container for two to three days. If you wish to hold for an extended time for about 10 days, then retailer it within the fridge and microwave it when wanted.
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