Thengai Poli is a flat bread usually prepared for the first day of Pongal – Bhogi. Pongal is a festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu to mark the harvest season. It’s a 3-day celebration and celebrated to Thank mother Earth. I have earlier shared a recipe to make Parrapu Poli in my blog. This is another variation and mainly prepared with coconut and jaggery with a hint of cardamom. It is also known as Puran Poli, holige or Obbattu. Festivals bring positive vibes to our homes as we decorate our house, prepare delicious goodies, buy new clothes, light up diyas and incense sticks. Pongal is more special to me as I met Shiva for the first time in Coimbatore during Pongal festival. Six years have flown by since I have met, married him and each day has passed as a blessing…
Watch this quick video to make these delicious Coconut Puran Poli.
I’m again travelling to Coimbatore tomorrow for the pongal holidays and going to relive each moment with Shiva. Isn’t it fun to remember the old days when you were newly in love and so lost in each other 🙂 … So, I’m sharing the recipe for Thengai Poli and wish you all a very Happy Pongal and Sankranti <3
- Maida/All purpose floor – 1 cup
- Vegetable Oil – 2 tbsp
- Salt – a pinch
- Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
- Powdered Jaggery – 1 cup
- Freshly grated Coconut – 1 Cup
- Cardamom – 2 (powdered)
- Ghee/Clarified butter – 1 tsp
- Add all purpose flour, salt and turmeric powder in a mixing bowl. Start kneading the dough by adding required water to make a soft dough. Add 1 tbsp oil and knead again. Now add 1 tbsp oil, knead and keep it covered for 30 minutes. Divide the dough into equal size balls.
- Heat a pan and add jaggery and 2-3 spoons of water. When the jaggery melts, add coconut and mix well. When it starts thickening, add cardamom powder, 1 tsp ghee and mix. Remove from the flame.
- Once it cools down, take a portion of the stuffing and make lemon size balls.
- Now take a portion of the dough and flatten it with oil greased hands.
- Keep the poornam ball which we prepared earlier and close it. Flatten it again softly and keep it ready.
- Heat a griddle/tawa and slowly transfer the flattened poli onto it. Cook it on low flame till golden brown on both sides.
- Remove from the griddle and serve it hot. You can smear some ghee over it before serving.
Yum
Wishing you a happy festival. Your flat breads are so easy but so beautiful. I hope mine turn out as pretty as yours when I give this recipe a try. You have 2 lovely reasons to celebrate.
Thank you Bobbi. You are a wonderful cook and I’m sure they will be even more gorgeous when you make them 🙂
Please parcel me two of them… sounds so yum!
Wish I could send you some Rafee 🙂
Happy Pongal Priya!! Wish you a wonderful year ahead.. as for these puran poli…OMG!! so so good.. I love all things coconut and jaggery. In Orissa, we make something similar in a rice batter and that’s steamed. Thanks for visiting. try linking up to #SaucySaturdays if you can.. 🙂
Thank you Swayam 🙂
Ohh.. yumm, I do love Coconut Holige.. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you. Will surely check your site 🙂
Yummy!
Thank you Anjali 🙂
Unless I’m making a curry, I find Indian food sometimes daunting to make. You make these flatbreads look so easy!! I may just be saying goodbye to store-bought naan….
Thank you Taylor 🙂
Happy Bhogi and a very Happy Pongal to you and your family Priya. Delicious and soft Polis. WOW!
Thank you 🙂
These look amazing … and like a food I could really enjoy! I don’t know what Jaggery is…. can you tell me a little bit about it?
Thank you Michele. Battery is coarse dark brown sugar. You will find it in any Indian store or order online too..
Yummy . Would love to have a cup of coffie
Thank you Beena 🙂
Oh my.. what a beautiful recipe and beautiful presentation.. I never thot the humble poli could look so exotic.. simply loving it
Thank you Fareeha 🙂
Happy Pongal. I love the gujarati style puran poli, which we stuff with sweeten tuvar dal filling. Must admit never have tasted one filled with coconut and jaggery. Looks yum.
Thank you Mayuri 🙂
Happy Pongal.
This is delicious looking flat bread.
Thank you Lisa 🙂
yummy poli
Thank you 🙂
Hello Ms Priya
Today evening, me and one of my colleagues had visited a south-indian restaurant (in Calcutta) which had put up a special menu for Pongal
Since we had to rush to attend a concert, we only Puran Poli, Tomato Pappu, a mix curry with gravy (don’t recollect the name) and sweet Pongal
Till now, I only knew Puran Poli as sweet, but this was salty and tasted similar to a Chills – I loved it!
The two sides seemed to have been roasted differently – the Server couldn’t explain clearly if it was made from rice flour
I want to make it at home – please explain the entire process to me
I am sure you and Mr Shiva enjoyed Pongal today at Coimbatore – do accept my best wishes!
Warm regards
My mom used to make savory poli with potato filling. I’m not sure if you are referring to the same one!