Peanut Poli/Shenga Holige/Ground Nut Sweet Paratha

If you love sesame seeds and jaggery poli, then you will seriously enjoy this peanut poli. Its one of the easiest sweet paratha aka poli to prepare for any special occasions to serve and enjoy with your loved ones. No need of making syrup or stirring the filling. Just grind the roasted peanuts with grated jaggery  along with whole cardamom pods, your filling is ready to make some dangerously addictive protein rich holige. This poli is also from Northern Karnataka where this kind of interesting holige are quite famous, and these sort of sweet parathas have their own place especially in Diwali feast platter.

Since am running this week's blogging marathon with Sweet flatbreads as theme, i couldnt stop myself preparing this flavoursome rich peanut poli. Simple to make, this sweet dish can be enjoyed very much as desserts or else for evening snacks with a cup of coffee or tea. Even if you are bored of the routine snacks or sweets, just give a try to this fantastic peanut polis. Am sure this poli will definitely become your favourite sweet.

2cups Maida

Salt

2tbsp Oil (for kneading)

Ghee or oil (for cooking)

Peanuts-Jaggery Filling:

1+1/2cup Roasted peanuts
3/4cup Jaggery
3nos Cardamom

Take the roasted peanuts, grated jaggery and cardamom in a mixie jar.

Grind as bit coarse mixture and transfer it to a plate.

Knead the maida,oil and salt with enough water as a soft and stiff dough.

Keep aside with a wet towl for few minutes.

Roll out golf sized medium sized balls from the dough.

Grease a plastic sheet, roll the dough and place enough peanut-jaggery filling,wrap the dough around the filling,roll it as a round pancakes..

Heat few drops of oil or ghee, drop gently the rolled polis and cook on both sides until they get well cooked.

Enjoy warm.

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