Methi Puri

Methi Puri

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Few weeks ago after getting fresh Methi from Indian market, i decided to try something different than usual paratha or vegetable and so came this puri. The first attempt itself was perfect and so tasty that I had to share.


Ingredients
1 Bunch Methi
2 Cup Maida
1 Cup Wheat Flour
2 Green Chillies
1 Spoon Ginger
4-5 Garlic Cloves
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

• Wash methi and add it to the mixer
• Add ginger, garlic, green chilli and half cup of water. Crush it to fine liquidy paste.
• Pour it into the plate, add in maida, wheat flour, salt and knead soft dough.
• Add couple drops of oil and knead again for a minute. Keep aside for half an hour
• Heat oil in pan, roll small puris from the dough and fry them till light brown on both sides.

Notes
Making very fine paste is important because otherwise the pieces will come out while rolling and the puris would remain flat.
I didn't need to use more water while kneading dough as the paste itself was enough to accommodate the maida, but you could change the water and maida quantity if you need to.

Puri for SPDP (Shev Batata Dahi Puri)

Puri for SPDP (Shev Batata Dahi Puri)

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Since we came here, we weren't able to get the puris for making SPDP - Shev Batata Dahi Puri which is among favorite chaat items for Ajoy. Using paani puri's puri for SPDP doesn't seem right and I am sure it wouldn't taste as good either. So I decided to give try making these puris. Tried few times and now I think I have got the recipe right which gets best results, and is certified by many friends who had chance to taste :)


Ingredients
1 Cup Maida
2 Spoon Rawa
1/4 Cup Melted Butter
Oil
Salt

Method

• Mix Maida, Rawa and salt together.
• Add in melted butter and mix well.
• Add in 1/4 cup water and knead soft dough.
• Grease the dough with 1/4 spoon oil and cover and keep aside for an hour.
• Make round balls and roll them thin and big. Cut using cup or cookie cutter into small round shapes.
• Heat oil and fry the puris on both sides over medium flame till light brown on both sides. Take out on kitchen towel and let it soak oil from puris.
• Heat oven to 350F/175C and bake the puris in it for 10 minutes.

Notes
I have noticed that if you roll the puris thin then they wont bubble up and that's how you want them for SPDP.
Also I baked the puris again because that make them crispier, that is any rawness and moisture left after frying goes away and puris.

Pumpkin Puri

Pumpkin Puri

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When Mom had visited us few months back, she had prepared this pumkin puri and I had developed instant liking towards it.


Ingredients
2 cup Pumkin
3/4 cup Jaggery
3 cup Wheat flour
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

• Remove the cover from the pumpkin, and grate it
• Heat couple of spoon of oil and add grated pumpkin to it
• Cook on medium flame for 5 minutes
• Take it off from stove and add the grated jaggery to it
• When the mixture cools down add salt to taste to this and mix well
• Add the wheat flour to it to form stiff dough for the puris
• Roll the puris and fry in oil

Notes
The puris can be kept for few days and are good meal for journey. They can be eaten with pickel or just like that.

Spinach Puri

Spinach Puri

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Ajoy hates spinach. So i have to be innovative with spinach to make him eat that. And here is the interesting and yummier item I came up with.


Ingredients
1 Spinach
2 Green Chillies
1/2 spoon Garlic Paste
1 spoon Jeera
5 spoon Heaps of Wheat flour
1 spoon Bason
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

• Grind Spinach leaves, green chillies and jeera by adding little water to fine paste
• Mix wheat flour, bason and salt
• Add around a spoon of hot oil in it
• Add the spinach paste to it and make the dough. Add water if required.
• Keep aside for around half an our
• Roll the small puris out of dough and fry them

Notes
The puris are so tasty that you don't even need, vegetable with it or can be eaten with tomato ketchup. Nice item for quick breakfast as well.

Banana Puri

Banana Puri

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When I got bananas for fruit salad i decided to try this recipy i had read in one of the book mom gave.. It turned out quite filling and different kind of recipy.. Must try if you are obsessed by variations in food :)


Ingredients
3 small Bananas
1/2 cup Castor Sugar
Wheat flour
Oil

Method

• Mash the bananas
• Add sugar and mix it well with the bananas till it dissolves completely
• Add the wheat flour to get dough, coat with oil
• Roll out puris out of this dough and fry them on medium flame

Notes
While i was rolling the puris i thought i should have mixed the bananas and castor sugar together using blender to get really sooth paste. i am going to try this next time.
Don't keep the dough for too long as it might become greyish/blackish because of bananas after a while