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Sunday 11 November 2007

Whole Wheat Puri



Ingredients

2 cups whole wheat flour (chapati flour)
1/2 tblspn vegetable oil
1/2 tspn salt
¼ tspn ajma / ajwain
1/2 tspn roughly ground black pepper

oil for frying

Method


  1. Mix the dry ingredients, add oil and mix, add water to form a firm dough and knead till smooth. Let it rest for about 30 minutes. Make small balls about walnut size.
  2. Roll out into 4 inch diameter circles.
  3. Fry in hot oil, one or two at a time, holding them under the oil on the first side until they puff.
  4. Turn and fry till golden brown; remove onto paper towels
  5. Serve hot with kheer or bateta jo shaak.

15 comments:

  1. looks Yummy, can you please post the curry receipe.

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  2. This has got to be the best way to start a Sunday! If only we could have the whole (extended) family around to share, and everyone wasn't so neurotic about frying food - still I shall certainly enjoy

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  3. thank both, I will post the shaak recipe as soon as I get a minute. It will be today hopefully

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  4. Puris look yum, don't make me fry Saju, I beg ya!!:)

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  5. Look at you perfectly round puris!!

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  6. I love these breads sooooo much! Yours looks so perfect :)

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  7. Yummy! now i crave to have some for my breakfast :).

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  8. Nice looking Puris Saju..I could never make perfect puris till now...I start to make Pooris and they turn out as Papaddoms :(..never ever puff at all...'m craving for puris now..

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  9. looks lovely!
    i love your rolling pin and the board! beautiful colour! :)

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  10. Puris with ajwain ...should have tasted great...will try while making puris next time

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  11. i love puri's sooooo much...urs look yumm...really mouthwatering...but i stopped eating poori's..i guess now its been an year..tryg to be a bit health conscious...

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  12. Love these, they look so fluffed up, light and simply delish,..

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  13. thanks for your comments everyone. I do appreciate them, even if I don't reply to each individually, unless you have a question.

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  14. Your puris with "AJWAIN" looks soooo good.
    I make puris but never with ajwain.
    Do you use whole or powdered?

    Thanks,
    Nazma

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