28 September, 2015

Dates and sesame seeds Puranpoli | Kharjura ellu holige |

Posted in : HOLIGE/HOLIGEGALU/PURAN POLI on September 28, 2015 by : Divya Suresh Tags: BREAKFAST, DATES, festival sweets, holige, home made, Kharjura, nutritious, Puran poli

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One of the yummy sweet dish containing Iron……! Iron is an important nutrient for our body and for our health. Iron carries oxygen around the body. If Iron stores are low then our body is prone to more frequent infections.

So getting the right amount of iron and other nutrients from food is very important. Now coming to this Holige/Puranpoli… Its a sweet dish without using any direct sweetener like… sugar or jaggery, If needed also, we use jaggery and that too in a very smaller proportion. This is the best thing what I like about this dish.

Besides it also has got the goodness of almonds, sesame seeds, dry coconut and poppy seeds. This can also be prepared as a sweet dish for functions or can be made for breakfast just like paratha, both the ways it serves the purpose.

I like the combo of temple chitranna & this Puranpoli. I’m planning to make dates paratha using chiroti rava (fine quality rava) also, shall post the pic here once I try it out.

The below quantity of ingredients yielded 4 holige or paratha, I have divided both the dough and the filling into 4 equal parts. But you can make them smaller also or keep it like shown in the pic.

Check out for some more sweet Paratha/Puran Poli recipes on my blog ⇒ Peanut sweet paratha , Carrot Puran Poli/sweet paratha , Pineapple holige , wheat flour bele holige , apple chilli paratha , sweet potato paratha , dates & sesame seeds paratha , quick groundnut sweet paratha , gud ka paratha , almond banana paratha , Pumpkin sweet paratha/holige , Beetroot sweet Paratha (made using beetroot halwa) , Banana holige/Puran Poli , Gujarati Vedmi/Puran Poli , Pumpkin wheat flour Puran Poli , Sakkare Holige/Sugar & dry coconut Puran Poli

By the way, you should also check these two special recipes on my blog, of which one is a traditional recipe from my state, Karnataka ie steamed rice flour stuffed hittina holige/bili holige & steamed Jowar flour stuffed hittina holige and one more is a special recipe made in my own way – Savoury/Spicy Puran Poli/Kharada bele holige. I do insist , you must definitely check these two amazing recipes here. And do not forget to let me know if in case you try these recipes, Thanks in advance.

Ingredients : measuring cup used – 200 ml

For the dough :

Whole wheat flour – 1 cup
Salt – a fat pinch
Milk – 4 tbsp
Water – little (if needed)
Wheat or rice flour for dusting

For the filling :

Dates (Kharjura) chopped finely – 3/4 cup
Almonds – 20 nos.,
Dry coconut flakes – 1/4 cup
Sesame seeds (til) – 2 tbsp
Jaggery/ brown sugar – a small piece (Optional)
Poppy seeds (gasagase) – 1/2 tbsp
Milk – 2 tsp (adjust)

PROCEDURE :

Make a soft dough using the flour, milk and little water (if required) and knead well (I didn’t use water) divide into equal portions
Toast the sesame seeds, almond, dry coconut and poppy seeds over a medium flame till they are light brown and allow it to cool.
Grind everything (add in dates & jaggery too) into a fine powder and add in little milk at a time to form a dough and divide into equal portions
Take a portion of the dough and stuff one portion of the filling and cover it properly