Puran Poli and Katachi Amti

.          Today is Bail pola. Festival for our hardworking bull and oxen. On this auspicious day no farmers will do any work in farm specially related to bulls. The whole year farmers and bull works without break. And Bulls are crucial part of whole farming process. On the bail pola everyone thank bulls and oxen by petting them and offer them naivedya of puran poli (food offrings to god is naivedya). In the big cities farmers walk their bull and every house worship the bulls and offer them food as a Thanksgiving.

            Puran Poli is a sweet stuffed flatbread. Made with chana dal and jaggary or sugar. Chana dal first soaked overnight then it is cooked in a open vessel with spices and choice of sweetener like sugar or jaggery. Nutmeg powder, dried ginger powder, fennel seeds powder and some other spices to enhance the flavor and aroma. Making puran poli is a very skillful job. It takes strength as well as Gentleness. It is served hot soaked in ghee with warm milk, katachi amti and batatyachi chi bhaji.

Katachi amti is made with leftover water from chana dal. Fresh coconut, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, and garlic are crushed together then in hot oil mustered seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida are added, then curry leaves, and prepared crushed paste, salt, chili powder. Then chana dal water is poured and after boiling jaggry is been added. Katachi amti tastes spicy, tangy, and sweet. 

Batatyachi bhaji means potato subzi. it is simple dish to complete the thali. Just oil, musterd, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, salt, curry leaves, and chopped green chili that's it, simple potato subzi is ready.

plain rice is made to ease the heavy chana dal puran poli which is eaten with amti only.

As sides verity of deep fried papad are served along with it.

Puran poli is made all over the India with moong dal, urad dal. and mixed dal as well.

Puran poli is festival menu but you will find this in restaurants in India. But out of India it is little hard to find. If you ever get chance to enjoy mouth watering puran poli then do not ever miss it. eat with your hand and enjoy the ghee on your hands. Feel the soft lips and heavy tummy.

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Happy eating foodies!!!

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