{"id":2700,"date":"2015-05-17T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2020-07-17T17:13:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T01:13:19","slug":"boli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/boli\/","title":{"rendered":"Boli Sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Boli-Sweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Boli-Sweet.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Boli-Sweet-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Boli-Sweet-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Boli-Sweet-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Boli (\u0d2c\u0d4b\u0d33\u0d3f\/\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bbf) \u00a0 is a popular South Indian dessert dish, typically prepared during special occasions and festivals. It is an unavoidable dessert in marriages in Sothern part of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. \u00a0Boli is served commonly along-with the sweet porridge, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/palpayasam\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">payasam<\/a>\u2019. Preparation of Boli is a bit time-consuming hence needs to have some patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For filling:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Chana dal\u00a0 : 1 cup<\/li>\n<li>Turmeric powder : 2 pinch<\/li>\n<li>Cardamom powder : \u00bc T-sp<\/li>\n<li>Jaggery powder : \u00be cup<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For outer layer:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>All-purpose flour (Maida)\u00a0 : 3\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li>Sesame oil\u00a0 : 2 Tbl-sp<\/li>\n<li>Water\u00a0 : \u00bc cup or adjust<\/li>\n<li>Salt : \u00a0A pinch<\/li>\n<li>Turmeric powder : 2 pinch<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a bowl,\u00a0knead\u00a0the outer layer ingredients (excepts oil) in to a very soft dough (looser than Chapati dough)<\/li>\n<li>Now take a bowl, and pour the oil in it<\/li>\n<li>Make gooseberry sized balls (~13) and dip it in the oil as shown in pic. Keep the bowl closed and keep it\u00a0for about an hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cook the chana dal with enough water (do not overcook. To check take one or two pieces of dal and press it with your hands. If it will break easy, that is the right time to remove from the stove &#8211; see pic).<\/li>\n<li>In a mortar or mixie, grind the chana dal along with the jaggery, turmeric powder and cardamom powder without water.<\/li>\n<li>It should be thick otherwise the boli won&#8217;t shape properly.so make sure no water content.<\/li>\n<li>Now make big lemon-size balls out of the mix (I got around 13 balls, to match to outer layer dough balls).<\/li>\n<li>Take gooseberry sized\u00a0balls from maida and spread it with your fingers, keep the channa mixture into the center, fold it and make a balls without any breaks.<\/li>\n<li>Roll the balls into thin circle, dust it with rice flour for avoid sticking while rolling.<\/li>\n<li>Heat a pan\/tawa and carefully put the boli and let it cook for few seconds , can see some bubbles forming , sprinkle some ghee and flip it and cook it for another few seconds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/boli\/boli-steps\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2712\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2712\" src=\"http:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Boli-Steps.jpg\" alt=\"Boli Steps\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Boli-Steps.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Boli-Steps-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Boli-Steps-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tips:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The dough should be very soft to get soft Bolis .<\/li>\n<li>Make sure no water content in the chana dal while preparing the dough.<\/li>\n<li>While rolling and cooking\u00a0 , handle carefully because it is very soft and it may break easily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boli (\u0d2c\u0d4b\u0d33\u0d3f\/\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bbf) \u00a0 is a popular South Indian dessert dish, typically prepared during special occasions and festivals. It is an unavoidable dessert in marriages in Sothern part of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. \u00a0Boli is served commonly along-with the sweet porridge, \u2018payasam\u2019. Preparation of Boli is a bit time-consuming hence needs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,22,3,14,4,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-desserts","category-festival-dishes","category-kerala-specials","category-south-indian","category-vegetarian","category-45"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2700"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4571,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700\/revisions\/4571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pepper2salt.com\/sindhus-kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}