gram dal - 200g, grated coconut - 1 cup, jaggery - 1 cup, cardomoms - 4, maida - 150g, gingelly oil - 6 tsp, ghee - 50g, kesari powder - a pinch(to get the colour)
Method
Poornam:Boil gram-dal until half-cooked and drain the water.Add jaggery, grated coconut, cardomom and grind.Make it thick by heating and stirring in low heat for a little while. Make this into round balls.Add a pinch of salt to maida and knead it by adding a few tsp of sesame oil. Leave this for half hour. Make gooseberry sized balls of this and pat it on a plastic sheet into round flat shape.place a ball of poornam on it, mix well and pat it again.Heat a griddle, put the poli and add a spoon of ghee around it.Turn over until both sides are cooked well.
