PAAL POLI ( AVANI AVITTAM SPECIAL)

Preparation Time	15 Minutes
Waiting Time	30 Minutes
Cooking Time	45-50 Minutes
Serving	8-10 Persons

INGREDIENTS

For Making Poli

1. Maida       : 2 cups
2. Rava : 2 tbs
3. Salt : A pinch
4. Water : As requires
5. Oil or ghee: for deep frying

For Sugar Syrup (Optional Method)

1. Sugar : 2
2. Water : 2 cups

For Poli Milk

1. Milk – 4 cups
2. Sugar- 1 cup
3. Almond flakes – 2 tbs
4. Pistachio flakes – 2 tbs
5. Green cardamom powder – 1 tsp
6. Saffron : few strands   

METHOD

• Mix maida, rava and salt.
• Knead this into a soft dough and keep aside for ½  an hour.
• Take a very small ball of dough.Roll out like a thin poori and fold it into half and then one more fold to quarter shape.
• Roll out all puri like this and deep fry in oil.

• Optional Method:- Mix sugar and water in a wide pan. Place it on heat and make sugar syrup of 2 strands. Remove it from heat and then dip the fried puries into it. Place the puries on a plate and allow it to cool down completely so sugar syrup gets stick to puries. ( Its optional method. Traditional method doesn’t require this step. I do cos at my home, they love to eat these puries even without adding milk.)

• Boil milk in a heavy bottom pan and boil till it is reduced to half 
• Remove milk from flame and add poori one by one and let it soak well.
• Add sugar,saffron, cardamom powder, almond and pistachioto it and continue to boil slowly.