Paal Poli - Tamil New Year Special!!

Paal poli is one of the Tamil New Year sweet in our household, along with pooran poli.I like paal poli than pooran poli. Though its not made on regular days,its one of my favorite sweet. This method I learned from my Mother in law. The method is little different than the regular paal poli but it tastes exactly same. 

Here the poori is soaked in the sugar syrup and required milk is added finally before serving. One of the advantage is, the sugar dipped pooris can be stored for a week and the paal poli can be instantly made. Here goes the recipe,

Ingredients:

Yield 8 to 10 pooris

Maida/All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup
White Rava / Semolina - 1 tbsp
Sugar - 3 cups
Water - 2 cups
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Food colour - a pinch (optional)
Milk - as required
Oil - as required
Ghee - 1 tsp

Method:

Method for Sugar Syrup:
Take 3 cups of sugar and 2 cups of water in a wide pan and boil.

We need the one string consistency for the syrup.
Let it boil till it reach the consistency.
Add cardamom powder 1/2 tsp, food colour a pinch and remove from heat and keep aside.

Method for making poori:
In a wide bowl take the maida flour, add salt, rava and ghee 1 tsp and start kneading the flour adding required water.(pour the water slowly)

It should be firm and soft like poori dough.
Keep it covered for 30 to 40 min
Make small balls out of the dough and roll it into flat pooris using the chapati roller.

Dust it with maida flour if it sticks.

Heat oil in a wok and fry the pooris both sides and place it in a paper towel.

Now dip the poori into the sugar syrup one by one.
Flip both sides.

Let them sit for few min in the syrup till it get soaked well on both sides.
Remove from the syrup and place it in a plate or wide bowl.

Now the poori is ready to get dipped in the milk.

Method for paal poli:

Boil required milk ( approx 2 to 4 cups).
Boil until it get reduced in quantity a little.
Add cardamom powder 1/4 tsp, stir well and remove from the heat.
Place the fried pooris in a wide bowl and pour the required milk over the pooris.
The pooris should get soaked completely in the milk for 30 to 60min before serving.

Serving:

Place the soaked poli in a serving bowl, pour the soaked milk, sprinkle some finely chopped badam/almonds or cashews and serve. 
Serve it chilled by refrigerating it or hot. Both tastes good.

Note:
Prepare the sugar syrup simultaneously while preparing the poori dough and frying poori. It will save time.
Cool the sugar syrup before dipping the poori.
Soak the pooris completely in sugar syrup before placing it in the boiled milk, as we are not adding any sugar to the milk.
Store the pooris in an air tight container or zip lock and refrigerate it to stay fresh.