Til Poli

Recipe Type:	Veg.
Difficulty:	Easy

Ingredients:

• 2 cups White Sesame Seeds (til), cleaned
• 2 cups Jaggery (gur), grated
• 1 ½ tsp Cardamom (elaychi) Powder
• ¼ tsp Nutmeg (jayphal) Powder
• 1 ½ cups Flour (maida)
• Salt, to taste
• Oil, for shallow frying

Cooking Instructions:

• Rub in oil and salt to the flour and knead it to form dough.
• Cover the dough with a moist cloth, to keep it soft.
• Dry roast the sesame seeds, till they turn golden brown.
• When they cool down, pound them coarsely.
• Add in the grated jaggery and pound once again, to make the mixture even and smooth.
• Mix in the cardamom and nutmeg powders.
• Form small balls from the kneaded dough.
• Make a hole in the ball and fill it with a teaspoon of sesame seed mixture.
• Pull up the sides and seal the ball. Repeat with other balls.
• Oil a rolling board and place a stuffed ball on it.
• Roll out the ball into a thin round disk. Repeat with other balls.
• Shallow fry the disks, till they turn golden brown and become crisp.
• Serve hot.