Sanjyachi Poli or Sheera Poli

This is a typical Maharashtrian sweet dish similar to Puranpoli but the filling is semolina sheera.

Prep Time: 1 hr

Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

For the outer dough

• 1 cup Maida

• 1/2 cup Wheat flour

• A pinch of Salt

• 4 tbsp oil

• Water and milk in 50:50, to make the dough

For the filling

• 1/2 cup Semolina

• 3 tbsp Ghee

• 3/4 cup Sugar

• 1 cup Hot water

• 1 tsp Cardamom powder

• 3 Saffron

• Ghee, for cooking the polis

Instructions

For the dough

1. In a wide pan mix the wheat flour and maida and add salt

2. Add 2 tbsp oil and rub the mixtures

3. Add water and milk and knead a loose dough like chapathi dough

4. Smear 2 tbsp oil and knead once again. Keep covered aside for half an hour.

5. Make lemon sized balls with this dough

For the filling

1. In a non stick pan add the ghee

2. Add the rawa and roast till it becomes light brown

3. Add hot water and mix well, add the saffron

4. Add the sugar and saute well till it becomes a thick sheera

5. Add cardamom powder, keep aside to cool and make lemon sized balls

To make polis

1. Take a ball of the outer covering and make a small cup of puri

2. Fill in a ball of the filling and seal it well

3. Dust it in flour and roll into a paratha

4. Cook on both sides like a paratha and add ghee

5. Serve hot topped with ghee