Pala poorilu, an ancient traditional recipe from the Telugu states where the crisp pooris are soaked in milk flavored with poppy seeds and cardamom. The flavor of cardamom when infused into these crisp pooris they soak up all the goodness, every single bite is just a delight to eat.
This festive food is quite quick and easy to put together in 30 mins, which doesn’t require high skills. Make a dough, roll and fry the pooris, make the flavored milk and soak the pooris in the flavored milk. It’s a heavenly dessert one must try and make it easier to cook on a hectic festive day or for your get togethers and parties. This dessert will sure win many hearts of of your guests be it a kid or adult.
This pala poorilu is made in Telugu states i.e., Telangana and Andhra pradesh. While in Andhra region the milk is flavored with fresh coconut and cardamom, in Telangana region it is mostly flavored with poppy seeds, cardamom and rarely dry coconut. Also little bit of rice flour is added to the milk which helps in thickening and makes it more creamier. Although traditionally the flavored milk for this dish is made using only poppy seeds, cardamom, coconut and rice flour, yet you can add more nuts to make it more rich and delicious. The addition of cashews, almonds make the flavored milk even more nutritious and flavorful.
These pala poorilu taste great when eaten as soon as it’s served. The longer it sits, the soaked pooris turns out all mushy, which many people dislike that texture. The best way to eat is serving the pooris in a plate or bowl and top it with warm milk. Let the pooris soak up all the flavor and goodness from the milk for 2-3 mins and then just dig in when the pooris are slightly soft yet holds its shape.
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PALA POORILU
Ingredients
For the poori dough
- 1½ cups Whole wheat flour
- 2 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 pinch salt
- Water to knead
For flavored milk
- 3 cups Whole milk / Full fat milk
- 4 tbsp Poppy seeds
- 3 pods Cardamom
- 3 tbsp Rice flour
- ¾ cup Sugar
Instructions
Make a poori dough
- In a mixing bowl add whole wheat flour, salt, oil mix it. Add some filtered water just enough to make a semi hard dough.
- Cover and let the dough rest until we make the flavored milk.
Make flavored milk
- In a blender jar add poppy seeds, whole cardamom pods, rice flour and make a coarse powder.
- Now 4 tbsp of water and blend the mixture to make a creamy fine paste.
- Heat a saucepan, add milk, keep stirring and let it come to a rolling boil.
- Add the poppy seed paste to the boiling milk, reduce the flame to medium, give it a good stir and from this point keep stirring continuously to avoid the milk sticking to the bottom.
- Add sugar or sweetener of your choice and cook until the milk thickens slightly.
- Reduce the flame to low and keep it on heat until we prepare the pooris.
Prepare the pooris
- Heat a kadai/wok, add oil enough for deep frying. Let's roll some pooris now.
- Take the dough, divide it into 15 equal portions and roll them into balls.
- Using some dry flour dust the rolling surface, roll each dough ball into thin pooris.
- Once the oil is hot enough for frying pooris, drop in one rolled poori at a time. Fry on both sides until it's evenly cooked, these pooris need not puff up.
- Place the fried poori on a paper towel to drain out excess oil. And repeat the procedure for the remaining dough.
Serving the Pala poorilu
- Method 1 - Drop the fried poori one at a time in the warm flavored milk, soak it for a minute on both sides place them on a serving tray. Later while serving place the soaked poori on serving plate with flavored milk in bowl/glass separately.
- Method 2 - Place the fried pooris in a serving plate, pour warm flavored milk on top of them as desired. Dig in when pooris have soften a bit.
- Sprinkle some chopped almonds, or nuts of your choice on divine Pala poorilu and dig in. Bon Appétit.
Notes
- You can add either fresh grated coconut/dry coconut in flavored milk, add it while making the poppy seed paste.
- You can make a huge batch of flavored milk ahead, warm it when needed and make pooris instantly.
- You can add some cashews, almonds, pistachios in the flavored milk by blending them along with poppy seeds mixture.
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