Kaja Poornalu

All You Need:

• Chana Dal 1 cup
• Water 1 cup
• Jaggery 1.5 cup
• Elachi powder 1 tsp
• Chapati Aata
• Haldi

The Recipe:

• Add Haldi and some hot oil in the aata and mix it to form a stiff dough. Let it sit for an hour or so
• Boil Chana dal with water in cooker
• Grind when it is cool
• Add jaggery and elachi. This mix we call poornam
• Roll out pooris and place a poornam ball in the center
• Cover it lacing the edges with some water and deep fry
• Variation: Instead of chapathi aata, use 1 cup maida+1/4 cup water+3 tsp ghee. Keep covered for 3 hrs and proceed with the same recipe