Paruppu poli

For the filling:
jaggery - 3 cups
chana dal - 2 cups
coconut - 1 cup

Dough:
maida (all purpose flour) - 2 cups
turmeric - 1/2 spoon
salt - 1 pinch

oil and ghee

Filling:
Soak chana dal overnight and boil in pressure cooker with water at half the level of the dal (8-10 whistles). Grind dal with coconut and litle water and add jaggery and blend. Heat the mixture with 2 spoons of ghee till it balls up and comes together like a dough.

Dough:
To prepare the dough, mix flour, turmeric and salt with water and add oil until it is non-stick and comes together.

Take marble size dough and a ping ball size of filling and stuff and stretch with oil greased hands. Cook in tava till brown patches appear.

Alternate filling:
Bring coconut and jaggery together in a heated pan until they reach ball consistency.