Irani Pola | Malabar Meat Pie
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 200 gm boneless meat I used beef
- Salt and pepper to tastes
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp fennel powder
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 onion minced
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 sprig curry leaves minced
- 2 green chillies minced
- 1 tbsp curry powder/ chicken masala powder heaped
- Coriander leaves as needed
- Ghee as needed
FOR BATTER
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3 eggs large
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pressure cook the beef along with the turmeric, red chilli, fennel and seasonings till well cooked. Reserve the stock. Shred the cooked meat.
- In a pan, heat coconut oil. Add the onion, ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and green chillies with some salt and saute till wilted and golden brown.
- Add in the shredded beef, the stock and curry powder and cook till done. Adjust seasoning.
- Blend all ingredients under "for batter" in a blender till smooth.
- Heat a large frying pan and drizzle ghee. Brush the ghee all over the pan.
- Pour half the batter and spread onto the sides. Cook for a couple of minutes on low flame.
- Sprinkle all the masala on top of it. Now pour the rest of the batter over it. Sprinkle the coriander leaves.
- Cook on low flame with closed lid till the bottom is done. Carefully flip and cook the other side as well.
- Switch off, slice into 8 triangles and serve warm with chai!
Notes
You can bake the pola in a preheated 180 degree oven for 20 minutes or till the batter is cooked.
If you don't have masala powder, then you can use 1/2 tsp coriander powder + 1/4 tsp turmeric powder + 1/4 tsp red chilli powder + 1/8 tsp fennel powder + 1/4 tsp cumin powder + 1/4 tsp garam masala to the beef masala.