Coconut Boli

COCONUT BOLI

Ingredients:

dry coconut / coconut powder - 1 cup

jaggery - 1/2 cup (adjust according to taste)

cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

water

ghee - as required

oil - 4 - 5 tbsp

maida - 1 cup

salt - 2 pinches

Method:

- make dough using maida, salt and water

- make a soft dough

- add oil and make a very soft dough and let that sit for 2 hrs

- meanwhile make the filling

- you can either use fresh coconut or dry one

- i dont like fresh as that has the milk smell, so used the dry coconut

- add jaggery, coconut and cardamom powder

- add little water ( 2 tsp max) and mix well

- this allows the jaggery to mix well and then when the mixture resembles a thick halwa consistancy remove and allow that to cool

- when cooled make balls out of that

- meanwhile make balls with the maida mixture

- roll into 2 " roti by adding sufficient oil

- then place the coconut filling inside and then close it

- roll them into nice round roti's

- Iam sorry mine is shapeless as Iam preparing this for the first time though I have tasted this thousand of times in SRI KRISHNA SWEETS, Annanagar, Chennai

- then fry them as you make chappathis in a hot tava, but instead of oil add ghee which enhances the flavour to the best.

I really miss my Granny at this point. She makes this everytime I meet her in her village.. I love this sweet but have a vague idea that this would be the ingredients and this is how they make until I made and that turned out be the tastiest.. Thank God I didnt go wrong!!!!!!!!!