Jeera poli is a traditional Tamil community sweet dish prepared to celebrate birthdays, holi festival and rakshabandhan. These days jeera poli has become a popular street food across Tamil Nadu.
In Tamil dialect sakkarai-pagu / jeera translates to sugar syrup and poli is a flat bread. Flat bread which is fried and soaked in sugar syrup is jeera poli and is also known as sakkarai poli (sugar poli) or maddippu sakkarai poli (Pleated sugar poli).
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Tiranga Jeera Poli Ingredients:
1/4 Cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
(Extra flour as required)
1/4 Cup Sooji / Rava / Semolina
2 Cups Sugar
3 Cloves
4 Pods Cardamom
1 Pinch Orange Food Color
1 Pinch Green Food Color
1/4 Tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Ghee or Vanaspati
Oil for frying
1 Cup Warm Water
Garnish: Shredded Coconut, Almonds, Cashews, Pista
Method:
In a mixing bowl combine maida, semolina and salt.
Gradually add water and knead to form a sticky dough. Add ghee and knead for few minutes and allow the dough to rest for five minutes.
Divide the dough into three equal portions.
To one portion of the dough add orange food color, add 1 tbsp maida and knead till smooth dough consistency.
To the second divided dough ball, add green food color, add 1 tbsp maida and knead to form a smooth dough.
To the plain/colorless dough add 1 tbsp maida and knead to form a smooth dough.
In a wok heat oil on low flame.
In a pan add sugar, cardamom, cloves and water place it on low flame.
Divide the dough balls into small equal size roundles.
Dust the rolling pin and surface with flour. Dip the dough ball in flour and roll it, to form even circle.
Fold the circle in half and fold the half to form a triangle gently press.
Pierce a fork into the rolled triangle this way the dough with fry evenly and wont puff while frying. Follow the step and prepare a batch of these triangles.
Once the oil reaches temperature, gently drop the dough triangles, three at a time in hot oil and fry on medium flame. Flip the bread time to time and fry for a minute and half on each side, or till the edges turn golden and crispy.
Using a slotted spoon drain the excess oil and reserve the fried bread in a bowl. Follow the same step and fry all the rolled out triangles.
Once the sugar has melted and the syrup starts to form a sticky and one string consistency, gently drop the fried bread to the syrup and flip on both sides, till the syrup penetrates, place on low flame.
Once the jeera is fully absorbed, serve it warm along with jeera, garnish with chopped nuts and shredded coconut and Enjoy!
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