Poori is an easy to make recipe, which can be relished with a variety of side dishes. With the recipe given in the article, you will know how to make Puri.
Poori
Fried food is something inevitable from the north
Indian cuisine. For the habitants of northern part of India, wheat is
the staple food and that is why, the main dishes are primarily made of
wheat. Among the main dishes made of wheat, roti and puri stand
prominent. Made of wheat dough, puri is the traditional fried Indian
bread, served with a variety of side dishes, such as aloo subzi (potato
curry), chole (chick pea curry) etc. Puri is an easy-to-make recipe and
its variations are bhature and kachori. In order to make crispy puris,
you need to know the right consistency of the dough as well as the way
of rolling out the kneaded dough. Go through the article to get an easy
recipe of puri.
How To Make Poori
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups Chappati flour
- 2/3 cup Water at room temperature
- Ghee for brushing the bread while rolling out the dough
- Oil for deep frying
Method
- Put flour in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle and pour in
a stream of water in the center. Use one hand to mix the flour and
water in a rotating motion from the center of the bowl outward,
until the dough is moist enough to be gathered into a rough mass.
- Wet hands and continue until the mixture cleans the sides of the
bowl and has become a non sticky dough.
- When the dough is kneaded, it will be elastic and silky smooth.
To test the dough, press it lightly with a fingertip. If it springs
back, it is ready to be rested. Resting the dough is the last step
and allows the dough to relax and absorb the water and kneading.
- Rest the dough for 1/2 hour in warm temperature and 1.5 hours in
cold climates. Cover with a wet towel so the dough does not dry out.
The rested dough is light and springy, less resistant to being
rolled out into the thin rounds.
- Knead dough a little again. Dough should be stiff enough to roll
without extra flour.
- Make small balls of the dough and cover them with damp cloth.
- Take one ball of dough and dip a corner of ball in melted ghee or
oil and roll it out into 4 to 5 inches round.
- Repeat the same process to roll out all pooris.
- Heat plenty of oil in a kadhai until very hot.
- Put in a poori and immediately start flickering hot oil over the
top of it with a spatula so that it will swell up like a ball.
- This should take only a few seconds. Flip the poori over and cook
the other side until golden brown.
- Serve hot with pindi choley or other vegetables.
