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Traditional Heritage
Poori
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon oil (vegetable or olive)
- 2/3 cup warm water
- ¼ cup whole wheat flour for dusting while rolling the poori
- Vegetable oil for deep frying
Directions
Prepare the dough
- Place the flour in a large mixing bowl.
- Add salt and oil.
- Mix the dry ingredients.
- Add warm water and mix the ingredients, until it adheres together to form a ball (water content varies depending on the type of wheat flour).
- Knead the dough for 5 minutes and cover and set aside for at least ½ hour.
Prepare the Puris
- Divide the dough into 20 balls.
- Roll out each ball, ½ inch thick using minimum dry wheat flour.
- Heat the vegetable oil to 380 degrees (put a small piece of dough into the heated oil the dough will rise immediately to the surface).
- Immerse the rolled out poori into the heated oil, frying both sides for 1 minute each.
- The poori will puff up like a balloon.
- Remove from oil and let it drain on the tray lined with a paper towel.
- When cool the poori’s will deflate.
- All the poori’s can be rolled out before you start deep-frying.