Marathi Recipes Gulachi Poli

Well, its a group of bloggers who get together to post a dish for 26 days according to the chosen theme. For more details check out the initiator Srivalli’s page here. For this theme we had a choice of 3:

I decided to opt for option number 1. India has such a huge variety of flatbreads to offer that are made on the stove top, in the tandoor, in the oven, under the grill or fried. Its going to be a challenge to look for flatbreads beginning with all the letters of the alphabet as for this group cannot use batter based flatbreads. However, am up for this challenge.

Day 7 and that means already a week is over. Wow, time flies. I still have a few flatbreads to make, still got a few days before I travel and get everything ready. Day 7 is letter G. What comes to your mind when you think of a food item with G, well besides the usual grapes, gourds etc I thought of  nothing!  I know that Girda is a famous flatbread from the state of Kashmir but I couldn’t find a proper recipe for it. The one I found on the internet was a total failure, not to mention the wastage of flour and other ingredients.

Til Poli Or Til Gul Poli

When I couldn’t figure out another flatbread with G, I went hunting on blogs of friends I know and just as well I did that. While some blogs are so easy to find recipes, some are not user friendly at all with no categories indexes. Not only did I find my flatbread beginning with G but some other ideas too. So keep checking on my blog for some delicious flatbreads.

G is for Gulachi Pol i. I came across the recipe for this so delicious paratha on my friend Poonam’s blog Annapurna. She has a fair share of traditional recipes and if every you’re looking for a recipe for any festival, go to her blog and you’ll find it with step wise method. Gulachi Poli or Tilgul Poli  is a famous Maharashtrian flatbread usually prepared during the festival of Makar Sankranti to offer to God as prasadam. Poonam suggested that this poli can be made earlier and kept for a whole week. Mine didn’t even last till the next day. On cooking the poli the outer dough part turns crispy and the inner part is a sweet and soft delicious almagation of flavors. An apt preparation for Makar Sankranti as its got both the main ingredients gur (jaggery) and til (sesame seeds).

I made 8 polis, shared 4 with my neighbors, 2 with my maid for her kids and left 2 for us. I cut them into quarters and hubby tasted only one quarter. In the evening I wanted to have some and I found the container in which I had stored it in, empty! I guess he loved it 🙂

Til Gul Poli Recipe Special Cuisine Of Makar Sankranti

When I couldn’t figure out another flatbread with G, I went hunting on blogs of friends I know and just as well I did that. While some blogs are so easy to find recipes, some are not user friendly at all with no categories indexes. Not only did I find my flatbread beginning with G but some other ideas too. So keep checking on my blog for some delicious flatbreads.

G is for Gulachi Pol i. I came across the recipe for this so delicious paratha on my friend Poonam’s blog Annapurna. She has a fair share of traditional recipes and if every you’re looking for a recipe for any festival, go to her blog and you’ll find it with step wise method. Gulachi Poli or Tilgul Poli  is a famous Maharashtrian flatbread usually prepared during the festival of Makar Sankranti to offer to God as prasadam. Poonam suggested that this poli can be made earlier and kept for a whole week. Mine didn’t even last till the next day. On cooking the poli the outer dough part turns crispy and the inner part is a sweet and soft delicious almagation of flavors. An apt preparation for Makar Sankranti as its got both the main ingredients gur (jaggery) and til (sesame seeds).

I made 8 polis, shared 4 with my neighbors, 2 with my maid for her kids and left 2 for us. I cut them into quarters and hubby tasted only one quarter. In the evening I wanted to have some and I found the container in which I had stored it in, empty! I guess he loved it 🙂

Til Gul Poli Recipe Special Cuisine Of Makar Sankranti

When I couldn’t figure out another flatbread with G, I went hunting on blogs of friends I know and just as well I did that. While some blogs are so easy to find recipes, some are not user friendly at all with no categories indexes. Not only did I find my flatbread beginning with G but some other ideas too. So keep checking on my blog for some delicious flatbreads.

G is for Gulachi Pol i. I came across the recipe for this so delicious paratha on my friend Poonam’s blog Annapurna. She has a fair share of traditional recipes and if every you’re looking for a recipe for any festival, go to her blog and you’ll find it with step wise method. Gulachi Poli or Tilgul Poli  is a famous Maharashtrian flatbread usually prepared during the festival of Makar Sankranti to offer to God as prasadam. Poonam suggested that this poli can be made earlier and kept for a whole week. Mine didn’t even last till the next day. On cooking the poli the outer dough part turns crispy and the inner part is a sweet and soft delicious almagation of flavors. An apt preparation for Makar Sankranti as its got both the main ingredients gur (jaggery) and til (sesame seeds).

I made 8 polis, shared 4 with my neighbors, 2 with my maid for her kids and left 2 for us. I cut them into quarters and hubby tasted only one quarter. In the evening I wanted to have some and I found the container in which I had stored it in, empty! I guess he loved it 🙂

Til Gul Poli Recipe Special Cuisine Of Makar Sankranti