Bobbattlu / Obbattlu / Puran Poli / Holige

 

During festival season we make lot of sweet varieties. This Bengal Gram Dal stuffed flat bread (Bobbattu / Obbattu / Puran Poli / Holige ) is a popular traditional sweet in Andhra Pradesh / Tamilnadu / Karnataka / Maharastra and Gujarat. 

Made these for the first friday of Sravana masam. 
Tastes so good with Ghee spreaded on it.

Ingredients (Makes 12 -15)

For Purnam / Stuffing 

1 cup BengalGram Dal / Channa Dal

1 cup + 2 teaspoon Sugar

2 cups of Water

Pinch of Cardamom Powder 

For Outer Layer

1 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida

Approx. 3/4 cup Water

2-3 pinches of Salt

1/4 cup Oil

Clarified Butter / Ghee

1. In a large bowl, mix Maida, Salt and Water. Make it as a tight dough. Press it down and pour 1/4 cup of Oil in it. Leave it for 1 hour.

2. Clean Channa Dal add 2 cups of Water and cook it in a pressure cooker for 3 whistles.You can also boil Channa Dal in water till it becomes soft. Remove if there is any excess Water. Add Sugar and Cardamom Powder to cooked Channa Dal when it is hot and mix it. Leave it for 1/2 hour.

3. Grind Channa Dal mixture to a smooth paste. Heat a heavy bottomed pan. Pour this mixture in it. Cook it till the paste leaves walls of the pan. Stir it regularly so that it doesn't get burnt at the bottom. Keep it aside and let it cool. 

4. Now remove excess Oil from Maida in to a small cup and slowly add it to Maida again a tablespoon at a time. knead it well so that the dough slips from your hand.Divide Channa Dal paste and Maida dough into equal portions and shape them like balls.

5. Grease your hands with Oil. On a plastic sheet or banana leaf flatten each Maida ball into a circle. Make it more thin near the ends.  Place Channa Dal ball on it and fold it from all sides. Turn it upside down. Press it down and flatten to a thin circle.


6. Heat a flat pan on low (flame / mark). Gently remove Bobbattu from plastic sheet and place it on pan. Pour a 1/2 teaspoon of Oil around it and on it. Let it cook for 2 mins and turn it upside down and cook it for 2 more mins or till you see brown spots on it. Store in an air tight container and keep it refrigerator. Its tastes good for 2 days.

7. Celebrate your festive season with Bobbattu.