Desserts and Sweets Recipes - Puran Poli

Ingredients

• 450g/1 lb yellow split peas

• 450g/1 lb sugar

• seeds from 12 cardamom pods, ground

• 4 cloves

• 450g/1 lb plain (all-purpose) flour

• ghee

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Method:

1. Boil the split peas in water until tender and the water has been absorbed. Add the sugar and simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Add the cardamom and cloves and simmer until it forms a thick syrup.

2. Meanwhile, sift the flour and mix in about 10 ml/2 tsp of ghee. Add just enough water to mix to a thick dough then knead well and divide into 5cm/2 in balls.

3. Grind the pea mixture to a thick paste and roll into the same number of balls as you have dough  balls. The pea balls should be twice the size of the dough balls.

4. Flatten the dough balls, sealing carefully. Melt a little ghee in a pan and fry the balls until golden brown.