date: 2020-10-28T20:18:18.859Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/930639ff95f4e2dc/751x532cq70/coconut-polithengai-poli-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/930639ff95f4e2dc/751x532cq70/coconut-polithengai-poli-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/930639ff95f4e2dc/751x532cq70/coconut-polithengai-poli-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Alvin McGuire ratingvalue: 4 reviewcount: 5785 recipeingredient: - " To make Dough" - "1/2 cup All purpose flourMaida" - "1/4 tsp salt" - "3 tbsp Sesame Oil" - " To make Stuffing" - "1/2 Cup JaggeryVellam" - "1/2 Cup Coconut grated" - "1 tsp CardamomElaichi Powder" - "1 tbsp Water" - "1/4 Cup Ghee" recipeinstructions: - "Take a wide bowl, add all purpose flour, salt, a tbsp of oil and mix well. Now add little by little water at a time and make a soft sticky dough. Knead for 5-7 minutes. Now add remaining oil and mix it thoroughly, close it with a damp cloth and let it rest for half an hour. Then make lemon size balls out of the dough and set aside." - "Meanwhile, let us make stuffing for the dough. Heat a pan, add jaggery and a tbsp of water and boil till the jaggery melts completely. Filter the jaggery water if there are any impurities. Now add grated coconut and saute for 4-5 minutes. Then add cardamom powder and saute till the stuffing reaches a thick consistency." - "Now cool the stuffing completely and make lemon size balls out of it and set aside. Now apply a generous amount of oil to your hands and take the lemon size dough and place it on a zip lock bag, banana leaf or wax paper applied with oil. Pat dough gently to form a small circle." - "Now place stuffing in the middle of the dough and fold the dough in such a way that the stuffing is inside the dough. i.e gently gather all the edges to the center and cover the stuffing completely. Repeat the procedure for all the dough and stuffing and set aside. Now spread the dough gently by patting with your hands in a circular shape as shown. You can apply oil to your hands to avoid dough sticking to your hands." - "Heat a pan, add a tsp of ghee and gently slide the patted dough on the pan. Cook on both sides till it turns golden brown. It cooks very fast, it takes hardly a minute to cook on both sides. Repeat the process for the remaining stuffed dough. Remove it on a plate and enjoy it either hot or cold." categories: - Recipe tags: - coconut - polithengai - poli katakunci: coconut polithengai poli nutrition: 247 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT29M" cooktime: "PT37M" recipeyield: "1" recipecategory: Dinner ---  Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, coconut poli/thengai poli. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious. Thengai poli, coconut poli, I would say thengai poli is the most yummiest poli of all I have tried. Learn to make delicious thengai poli in this detailed Same with coconut poli, I found it too sweet for my taste. But now the taste have changed, I love it but avoid making due to maida and sweet factor. Coconut Poli is very delicious south Indian sweet recipes. Coconut Poli/Thengai Poli is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It's easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Coconut Poli/Thengai Poli is something which I've loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic. To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have coconut poli/thengai poli using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it. ##### The ingredients needed to make Coconut Poli/Thengai Poli: 1. Take To make Dough: 1. Get 1/2 cup All purpose flour/Maida 1. Get 1/4 tsp salt 1. Prepare 3 tbsp Sesame Oil 1. Make ready To make Stuffing: 1. Take 1/2 Cup Jaggery/Vellam 1. Get 1/2 Cup Coconut grated 1. Make ready 1 tsp Cardamom/Elaichi Powder 1. Prepare 1 tbsp Water 1. Take 1/4 Cup Ghee I have already shared the recipe for paruppu. Thengai Poli or Sweet Poli is my most favorite sweet which we normally make for Bogi (the before day of Pongal festival) and for Aavani avittam. Be careful not to get this burnt. When it is warm , make this into big. ##### Instructions to make Coconut Poli/Thengai Poli: 1. Take a wide bowl, add all purpose flour, salt, a tbsp of oil and mix well. Now add little by little water at a time and make a soft sticky dough. Knead for 5-7 minutes. Now add remaining oil and mix it thoroughly, close it with a damp cloth and let it rest for half an hour. Then make lemon size balls out of the dough and set aside. 1. Meanwhile, let us make stuffing for the dough. Heat a pan, add jaggery and a tbsp of water and boil till the jaggery melts completely. Filter the jaggery water if there are any impurities. Now add grated coconut and saute for 4-5 minutes. Then add cardamom powder and saute till the stuffing reaches a thick consistency. 1. Now cool the stuffing completely and make lemon size balls out of it and set aside. Now apply a generous amount of oil to your hands and take the lemon size dough and place it on a zip lock bag, banana leaf or wax paper applied with oil. Pat dough gently to form a small circle. 1. Now place stuffing in the middle of the dough and fold the dough in such a way that the stuffing is inside the dough. i.e gently gather all the edges to the center and cover the stuffing completely. Repeat the procedure for all the dough and stuffing and set aside. Now spread the dough gently by patting with your hands in a circular shape as shown. You can apply oil to your hands to avoid dough sticking to your hands. 1. Heat a pan, add a tsp of ghee and gently slide the patted dough on the pan. Cook on both sides till it turns golden brown. It cooks very fast, it takes hardly a minute to cook on both sides. Repeat the process for the remaining stuffed dough. Remove it on a plate and enjoy it either hot or cold. Be careful not to get this burnt. When it is warm , make this into big. Thengai Poli is another traditional and popular Poli variety. Coconut and jaggery are concocted to a tasty puran which is then stuffed inside maida based Thengai poli is another delicious variety of poli. Most of us make dal poli for Aavani avittam or bhogi pandigai. So that is going to wrap this up with this exceptional food coconut poli/thengai poli recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I'm sure you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!