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)
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.
Add a tsp of melted ghee on it and serve hot.