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Ethnic Recipe and Meal Ideas
This site is designed to help you if you are looking for ethnic recipes or meal ideas from around the globe. You can search for a recipe (using the search box on the right) or use the drop down menus at the top of the page which include region, country, base ingredient or "pot luck"
 


Indian Recipe and Meal Ideas
Indian Food and Meal Ideas
Poli

A very traditional sweet. It is prepared on every occassion and during many festivals celebrated in India. A very famous sweet.
For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide

Recipe Ingredients:

  • Poornam:Boil gram-dal until half-cooked and drain the water.Add jaggery, grated coconut, cardomom and grind.Make it
  • tghick by heating in low heat for a little while. Make this into round balls.



Method:


Add a pinch of salt to maida and knead it by adding a few tsp of sesame oil 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 s ides are cooked well.


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For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide

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