COCONUT POLI

Ingredients:
1 ½ cups of maida flour
1 tbs oil
Salt a pinch

2 cups of grated coconut
1 cup of powdered jiggery (less if you like)
5 cashew nuts
1 tsp roasted rava
1 tsp cardamom powder
Ghee and oil

Method:
Mix salt, oil with the flour.
Add water to make a soft dough.
Coat the dough with oil and let it rest for ½ an hour.

Dry roast the coconut a bit. Not until brown.
Add in the broken cashews, run in a dry mill for a minute.
Heat a wok with 3 tbs of water, add in the jiggery.
When it melts add in the coconut, cardamom powder.
Stir fry till the mixture is dry.
Add in the roasted rava, mix well and remove.

When cool, small balls of the mixture.
Take a small ball of the maida dough.
Cover the coconut ball with the maida dough.
Take a plastic paper or a piece of banana leaf.
Smear some oil on the paper. Place the ball on the paper.
Using your finger tips spread it into a thin circle.

Place a dosai kal on the stove. When heated, put the flattened poli.
Keep the stove on medium heat. apply little ghee around the poli.
Flip the poli, when one side is cooked.
Remove when cooked and serve.