Whole Wheat Poori Recipe || Puri Recipe
A simple deep fried puffy bread made with just flour and water, whole wheat poori is a very famous breakfast dish in India and is perfect main dish for all your curries and gravies.
Equipment
- Deep frying pan, rolling pin or chapati maker
Ingredients
- 2 Cups[220Gms] Whole Wheat Flour Use Maida or all purpose flour if you like
- 1/2 Cup Water Adjust as needed
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Flour To dust while rolling the dough
- Oil to Deep fry
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl add the flour and salt and mix.
- Add water little by little and make a stiff dough. Should be soft to touch, but not sticky at all.
- Divide the dough into small lemon sized balls. Use flour to dust the rolling pin and working surface.
- Roll the dough balls into discs of about 1/6th of an inch
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan or a fryer.
- Slowly drop the rolled dough and slightly press with the spatula until one side puffs.
- Carefully flip and cook the other side. Totally should take only a minute or under for every poori.
- Fry all the discs as needed. Store the rolled dough carefully, dusted both sides with flour in an airtight box.
- Serve hot with any curry or bhaji
Notes
- Use any flour you have - Won't work with gluten free mix though.
- Replace water with any vegetable puree when you make the dough. Almost all will work - Spinach, beetroots, carrots or pumpkin puree will be so great.
- Fry the bread carefully, HOT OIL ALERT.