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NUVVULA POLELU / SESAME JAGGERY STUFFED FLATBREADS

A divine, delicious and healthy stuffed flatbreads made using sesame seeds powder, jaggery. These are so easy to make and they taste best when they're warm topped with ghee.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian, Telangana
Keyword: Festive, Flatbreads, Indian sweets
Servings: 4 people
Author: Shravani

Equipment

  • Rolling Pin
  • Mixing bowl
  • Tawa/Flat griddle

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Sesame seeds
  • 1 cup Jaggery
  • 1 cup Whole wheat flour
  • ½ pinch Salt
  • Ghee/Clarified butter for roasting the breads
  • Water to knead the dough

Instructions

Making the dough

  • In a mixing bowl add in the wheat flour, pinch of salt, tbsp of ghee.
  • Knead the dough by adding enough water to make a soft dough little bit softer than regular roti dough.
  • Massage the dough for around 10 mins, which helps to make the poli soft and flaky.
  • Cover the dough with a wet napkin and keep it to rest aside for 10-15 min

Making the filling

    Method 1 - If you're making fresh filling mixture

    • Heat a wide thick bottomed pan and slowly roast the sesame seeds until golden brown and start popping up.
    • Cool down the sesame seeds and grind them to a coarse powder
    • Add in the grated jaggery to the mixing jar and blend again for a second or so just to mix everything together

    Method 2 - If you're using Pre-made Sesame Jaggery Laddu

    • Take few laddu's in a blending jar and grind them to a coarse powder and transfer it to a bowl.

    Making the poli

    • Heat the tawa/griddle on medium flame to roast the stuffed breads.
    • Take a Silicon mat/butter paper and apply some oil to it and take a small portion of the dough and spread to make a small chapati.
    • Now take the equal amount of sesame seed mixture and place it on the chapati and bring the edges together and close together to seal in the mixture.
    • Now gently flatten the poli with hands or roll with rolling pin gently by making sure the stuff doesn't get out.
    • Now place the prepared poli on to the hot tawa and roast it on low flame by applying ghee.
    • Roast on both sides until the brown spots/patches appear and Repeat the same for remaining dough.
    • Serve them warm topped with ghee.

    Notes

    • Serve hot by applying some ghee along with warm milk to dip it. 
    • Roasting the poli for a long time makes it crispier so make sure to remove the poli as soon as you observe brown spots appearing
    • After the poli's have cool down they might turn bit crispy, so consuming them along with warm milk makes it softer and taste better.
    • If you have sesame seed laddu available at home just blend them to a fine powder and make poli's whenever desired.