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You are here: Home / Sweets Puddings Desserts / Paal Poli – Pooris Soaked in Thickened Milk

Paal Poli – Pooris Soaked in Thickened Milk

November 24, 2015 22 Comments

Divya, my friend of the Corn Malai Subzi fame also happens to be good with traditional sweets. She came home for dinner one night with dessert in hand – paal poori to be exact. I had never heard of it before and I was not happy about that.

Paal Poori - Pooris Soaked in Sweetened Milk

Here’s why: Paal Poori is a delicious dessert which, true to its name, is pooris soaked in sweetened, thickened milk and then garnished with roasted cashew nuts and almonds. Yum much?

Paal Poli Recipe

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serves 6-8
Recipe source: Divya

Ingredients:
1.5 litres of milk
1 can (400gm) of evaporated milk
1 can (400gm) of condensed milk

Powder together:
2-3 tbsp of sugar (adjust to your preference)
6-8 pods of green cardamom

For the Pooris:
1.5 cups of all-purpose flour
1 tsp of oil
Salt to taste
Oil of for deep frying

To Garnish:
10-12 of cashew nuts, slivered
A few of almonds, slivered (optional)

How It’s Made:

1. Mix the flour, salt, and oil with enough water to make a stiff dough. Let it stand for about 15 minutes.

2. Roll out palm-sized pooris from the dough, and deep fry in the oil.

3. Drain the pooris and lay out on a flat dish lined with kitchen napkins.

4. Boil together the milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk along with the sugar-cardamom powder mixture on medium heat for about 15 – 20 minutes to a thick-ish pouring consistency (neither too runny nor too thick).

5. Pour the milk mixture over the pooris and let it stand for a couple of hours, until the pooris soak about half of the milk mixture.

6. Garnish with roasted unsalted almonds and cashew nuts.

Paal Poori can be served warm or chilled in the refrigerator.

Paal Poori - Pooris Soaked in Sweetened Milk

Note: If you are unable to source evaporated milk, just measure out one can of milk instead and add to the mixture instead of evaporated milk.

Update: Since many of you wrote to me saying this is in fact called Paal Poli and not Paal Poori, I have edited the title to reflect that 🙂

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  1. kanchana

    April 11, 2012 at 10:51 am

    My mom calls it paal puri too, but she soaks in coconut milk mixed with sugar and cardamon.

    Reply
  2. vjperera

    April 10, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    omg. this is getting made this wknd!!!

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  3. Tina

    April 10, 2012 at 8:08 am

    mouthwatering…

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  4. Madhura

    April 9, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    We make this too at home.. but I like it when the puri's are dipped in the milk mixture for a min just before serving. This retains the crucnh of the poori in certain areas giving it a nice texture o both soft n cruchy dessert..

    Reply
  5. Sailaja

    April 9, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    mouth watering…

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  6. Gluten free products

    April 9, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    Great recipe, my kids liked them a lot, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  7. Archana

    April 9, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    I was about to ask you for the substitute for evaporated milk.
    Delicious paal poori.

    Reply
  8. Aarthi

    April 9, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    yummy looking sweet and way a coincidence, i too posted this recipe with a slight variation couple of days back

    Reply
  9. Priya

    April 9, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    Paal poori looks super delicious, makes me drool..

    Reply
  10. notyet100

    April 9, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    This look so delicious,,.:)

    Reply
  11. Shankari

    April 9, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    hi wat is evaporated milk…

    Reply
  12. Chitra

    April 9, 2012 at 12:13 pm

    Nice , new to me. yummy !

    Reply
  13. jeyashrisuresh

    April 9, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    We too make this and we call it paal poli. nicely done and making me crave for this now

    Reply
  14. Saee Koranne-Khandekar

    April 9, 2012 at 11:42 am

    Delish! Like a further Indianized Shahi Tukda. Also reminded me of a very traditional Marathi sweet called "paakaatlya purya" or literally translated, "Puris in surup". These are small, khasta puris dunked in a sweet syrup that has a bit of lemon squeezed in. Yum. Sin, but yum. Recipe on my blog.

    Reply
  15. PJ

    April 9, 2012 at 11:40 am

    Looks delicious. When I was in school mom used to make something similar with chapathi 🙂

    Reply
  16. NarMee

    April 9, 2012 at 11:38 am

    Such simple preparation and so delicious ! i ve had this before but thought this was called paal poli ???!!!

    Reply
  17. Arch

    April 9, 2012 at 11:08 am

    This seems something like a shahi tukda, my once-upon-a-time favourite !

    Reply
  18. Viyoma

    April 9, 2012 at 11:00 am

    Yummy, how i wish, u hav posted this yesterday. Sunday Afternoon Stomach was growling for sweet.
    Now have to wait for the next Sunday to try this.

    Thanks a ton, for recipe – looks yummy.

    Reply
  19. Gayathri NG

    April 9, 2012 at 9:40 am

    SOunds delicious n mouthwatering…

    Reply
  20. zareena

    April 9, 2012 at 9:38 am

    mmmm….drooling over the clicks. When I was small, I used to eat puris soaked in milk for breakfast. This dessert looks amazing and simple to make too.

    Reply
  21. Sharmilee! :)

    April 9, 2012 at 1:00 pm

    This one sounds yummy….delicious and easy recipe

    Reply
  22. RAKS KITCHEN

    April 9, 2012 at 10:05 am

    Looks tempting! Yummy recipe! 🙂

    Reply

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