Maharashtrian Rotis, Bhakri and Poli Recipes

Maharashtrian Rotis Recipes. Maharashtrian Bhakri Recipes. Apart from the regular phulkas and rotis famous all over India, Maharashtrian cuisine includes a range of unique rotis like the Chawal Bhakri, which is served with Zunka, Dashmi Roti and Puran Poli made during festivals, Whole Wheat Bhakri had with gur.

Maharashtrian Rotis Bhakri for Breakfast

Chawal Bhakri

Dashmi Roti ever-popular Maharashtrian roti is just mildly sweet, so you can have enough of it to make a complete meal with lemon pickle and black chana usal for breakfast. You can have a rice based bread Chawal Bhakri with Green Chilli Thecha . You can have a Jowar based bread like Jowar Bhakri with Sweet and Sour Mango pickle recipe,  Quick Mango Chunda and Spicy Lemon Pickle.

A a sure-shot winner, Dhapate is also known as the Maharashtrian Thalipeeth or 3 flour roti. It has been made with love and care in Maharashtrian homes since several generations, and is a dish that instantly connects a person with memories of home, childhood, mom’s cooking and such sentiments.

Dhapate, Authentic Maharashtrian Thalipeeth

This wholesome dish is made with three different flours – jowar, whole wheat and besan. It is excitingly flavoured with lots of onion, garlic and coriander, which not only give an irresistible flavour and aroma but a lovely mouth-feel too.

Maharashtrian Rotis Bhakri for Lunch, Dinner

Jowar Bhakri

There is a large collection of Bhakri and Rotis to choose from. You have the healthy Jowar Bhakri and Whole Wheat Bhakri to rice bread like Chawal Bhakri which Mahrastrians have for lunch or dinner.

Maharashtrian Sweet Poli during Festivals

Puran Poli

No festive menu in Maharashtra is complete without Puran Poli! Whole wheat flour polis with a succulent stuffing of cooked and sweetened chana dal are a delight to bite into, especially when they are hot and fresh off the tava, resplendent with the rich aroma of ghee. A healthier puran poli is made from rataloo called sweet potato puranpoli recipe.

Sweet Potato Puranpoli

Note that is some regions in Maharashtra, chappati is also called as poli. So poli does not mean a sweet roti necessarily. 

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