23 March, 2020
Kharada bele holige | Savoury Puran Poli | Video|

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Earlier probsbly kayi holige (coconut puran poli) & bele holige (lentil sweet puran poli) were the two most famous, well known, commonly prepared holige recipes in Karnataka.
But of late everyone have started making many many more varieties of holige, of which even I have tried a few like Pineapple holige, badami/almond holige, carrot holige, Khova holige etc and my latest most favorite is chocolate holige, of which I’m going to publish the recipe soon.
I never use plain flour/maida for making any kind of holige. Instead it is always either wheat flour or chiroti rava or combination of both.
Today I’m here to post the recipe of savory puran poli or kharada holige using only lentil ie Pigeon peas/togaribele/arahar dal and some spices – I mean no coconut.. yes I have not used coconut in this recipe.
Normally/generally we prepare savory/Kharada holige for breakfast. And savory versions are not available yet in the stores like the sweet ones. Broadly we can say these (savory) are the south Indian versions of different kinds of parathas which they prepare in North India.
Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml, makes 6 holige of shown size
For the dough :
- Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- Water – 3/4 cup or little more
For the stuffing :
- Pigeon peas/togaribele – 1/2 cup
- Water – 2 cups
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Cumin powder – 1 tsp
- Red chili powder – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves/powder – 1 tsp
- Ginger – 1 tsp
- Green chili – 1 tsp
- Green chili – 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves – 1 to 2 tbsp
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Lemon juice – 3 tsp
- Ghee – 1 tbsp
- Hing – 1/8 tsp
PROCEDURE :
- Gather wheat flour and salt together, mix well and prepare a soft and stiff dough using water and set aside
- Boil 2 cups of water in a cooker, put rinsed lentil and cook until soft or two whistles (in my cooker 2 whistles are enough, so cook accordingly)
- Once pressure is released, pass the cooked lentil through the strainer and collect the stalk in a container so that we can make saaru/rasam using that later
- Now put all the spices, salt and lemon juice listed above to the cooked lentil, combine everything well
- Heat ghee in a Pan/kadai, put hing, stir once and then add in the lentil mixture and stir until the leaves the edges of the kadai and comes as a whole, keep mashing while you stir
- Once cooled divide into equal portions
- Pinch a portion of the dough and place a portion of the stuffing in the centre (watch the above video), neatly seal from all the sides, roll into a semi thin circle by dusting with wheat or rice flour
- Coo on both the sides on a heated tawa by applying little oil
- Enjoy with any kind of chutney or raita


However you can have a look at some more holige/Puran Poli recipes, Like –
- Pigeon peas/togari bele kayi holige – no grind method
- Sihi Kumbalakayi holige |Pumpkin Puran Poli | Video |
- godhi hittina bele holige/wheat flour lentil Puran Poli
- ananas holige/Pineapple Puran Poli
- Kaayi holige/Coconut jaggery Puran Poli
- Sajjige holige/semolina stuffed Puran Poli
- haalu holige/Puran Poli paired with poppy seeds milk
- sihi genasina holige/sweet Potato Puran Poli
- Kadalebele holige/Bengal gram Puran Poli
- alasande kalu holige/black eyed beans Puran Poli
- badami holige/almond Puran Poli
- kadelebeejada holige/groundnut Puran Poli
- Kharjurada holige/dates sesame Puran Poli
- Kobbari holige | Sakkare holige |
- Carrot stuffed sweet flat bread| Carrot holige|
- Banana holige | Banana Puran poli |
- Hittina holige | Bili holige |
- Beetroot Puran Poli | Beet Makhana Puran Poli |
- Gujarati Vedmi/Puran Poli