3 April, 2019
Badami holige | Almonds Puran Poli |

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After making ananas holige or Pineapple puran poli, of which I got inspired by ‘mane holige’ (the holige/pooran poli selling store, located in Bengaluru, which sells varieties of holige/pooran poli), I’m back with yet another special holige/Puran poli which is prepared using badami/almond/badam.
Along with almonds, they put khova and sugar in the stuffing, whereas I have made it slightly differently by adding small amount of fresh coconut along with almonds and it is sweetened with jaggery.
Also for the outer layer they always use maida and I have used chiroti rave/fine quality sooji/semolina. We can also put some amount of wheat flour as well
It turned out to be too good, very tasty and yummy. As It was for the first time I was making, made it using very less quantities of ingredients and I always think that is the right thing to do when you learn newly, any recipe for that matter.
So now let us have a look at the recipe and its procedure.
Some other holige recipes on my blog are ⇒ Kharjura holige , Kadlebeeja holige , bele holige , pineapple/ananas holige , Kayi holige , sajjige holige , haalu holige , sihi genasina/sweet potato holige , Kadale bele-Kharjura bellada holige , Lobia/alasande kalina holige
Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml, makes 10 holige/polis of given size
For the outer layer/Kanaka :
- Chiroti rave/fine quality semolina/sooji – 1 cup (or you can put 3/4 cup of chiroti rave and 1/4 cup of wheat flour or both equally)
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Salt – a fat pinch
- Water – 1/2 cup
- Oil – to roast the holige/Poli
For the stuffing :
- Almond/badami – 3/4 cup
- Grated fresh coconut – 1/2 cup (loosely packed)
- Jaggery – 1 cup (tightly packed)
- Water – 3/4 cup (to grind)
PROCEDURE :
- Gather together chiroti rave, turmeric powder and salt, combine well and knead into a loose dough using 1/2 cup of water, knead it really well by applying a spoon full of oil, cover and rest it for up to minimum 4 hours


- Put the almonds in rapidly boiled water, cover let it be like that for about 10 to 15 minutes
- Now peel the almonds by pressing them between your fingers, then grind the peeled almonds along with coconut using 3/4 cups of water into a really fine paste

- Put the ground paste and jaggery in a kadai/pan and keep stirring till the mixture becomes thick and leaves the edges of the pan, remove from the heat and allow it to cool



- Make portions of both the outer layer and the stuffing, take a portion of the dough and place a portion of the stuffing in the centre, seal all around properly and roll into thin circles using oil on a sheet (holige sheet or butter sheet)





- Heat the tawa and roast the holige/poli on both the sides by smearing little oil


- Repeat the same with the remaining portions
- Serve with ghee and milk


