Bedmi Poori Aloo Bhaji | Breakfast Recipe
Bedmi Poori Aloo Bhaji is a traditional North Indian breakfast dish, especially popular in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Bedmi Poori is made with a spiced urad dal (black gram) filling in whole wheat dough, deep-fried until crispy and golden. It is paired with Aloo Bhaji, a flavorful and mildly spiced potato curry cooked with Hing, ginger, and Indian spices. This hearty and satisfying combination is often enjoyed with a side of pickle or green chutney, making it a beloved festive or weekend breakfast.
Ingredients
For Poori Dough
- Atta (whole wheat flour) – ½ cup or 60gms
- Maida (all-purpose flour) – ½ cup or 60gms
- Sooji (semolina) – ⅓ cup 60gms
- Salt – a generous pinch
- Ajwain (carom) – ½ tsp
- Kasoori Methi (fenugreek) – 1tsp
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Ghee – 1tbsp
- Water – 50ml approx.
For Bedmi Stuffing
- Urad Dal – ¼ cup
- Salt – ½ tsp
- Black salt – ½ tsp
- Saunf powder (fennel) – 2tsp
- Heeng (asafoetida) – ½ tsp
- Green chilli chopped – 2nos
- Chilli powder – 1tsp
- Amchur powder (mango powder) – 2tsp
- Coriander powder – 1tbsp
- Garam masala – ½ tsp
- Turmeric – ½ tsp
- Water – 4-5tbsp approx.
For Aloo Bhaji
- Oil – 5-6tbsp
- Heeng (asafoetida) – ½ tsp
- Tej Patta (Bay leaf) – 2nos
- Laung (Cloves) – 3-4nos
- Jeera (Cumin) – 2tsp
- Ginger chopped – 1tbsp
- Green chilli chopped – 2 no
- Besan (gram flour) – 1tbsp
- Haldi (Turmeric) – 1tsp
- Chilli powder – 1½ tsp
- Amachur (mango powder) – 2tsp
- Tomato puree fresh – 1cup
- Salt – to taste
- Black salt – ¾ tsp
- Boiled potato (medium) – 4nos
- Water – 3cups
- Coriander powder – 2tsp
- Pepper powder – ½ tsp
- Garam masala – ½ tsp
- Kasoori Methi powder (fenugreek) – ½ tsp
- Coriander chopped – handful
- Oil – for deep frying
Instructions
For Poori Dough
- Mix together atta, Maida, sooji and salt. Gently rub ajwain and Methi leaves between your hands to gently crush them, add it to the flour. Add oil & ghee along with some water to knead the dough together. Make a stiff dough and place it under a wet cloth or apply some oil on top of the dough so that the dough does not dry up. Place side to give rest for 10-15mins.
For Bedmi Stuffing
- Heat a pan and add urad dal to it. On low heat stir thill dal gets a light roast colour. Remove to a plate to cool it off slightly.Grind this dal to a fine powder in a mixer grinder and remove to a bowl. So if you were to grind the dal a bit coarse at this stage then later the dal will swell and double in size so I recommend grinding the dal into fine powder.To this powdered dal add all the spices mentioned along with green chillies and water. Now add dough water to make it into a smooth paste. Give this mixture rest for at least 10 mins. After resting dal will absorb water and may become very hard.So, if the stuffing is too hard add a tbsp or 2 of water to make it soft and pliable. The stuffing for bed poori is ready.
For Aloo Subji
- Heat oil in a pan and add Heeng, bay leaf and stir them. Add cloves, cumin, ginger and green chillies. Stir them for 30 seconds and then add besan. Cook till besan becomes light brown in colour.Sprinkle turmeric, lower the heat, sprinkle chilli powder, amchur and give a quick stir to these spices. Add freshly pureed tomatoes and increase the heat. Cook till tomato puree reduces and specs of oil ooze oil. Sprinkle salt and black salt.Gently crush boiled potatoes into the pan. Make sure to not mash them completely but just crush them into chunks.
- Now the trick is to cook these potatoes for at least 5mins without add any water. The more they cook now the better flavour they will give later when aloo sabji is ready. Pour water and bring it to a quick boil, then lower the heat and cook for 10-12mins.At this stage we will add coriander powder, pepper powder, garam masala, Kasoori Methi and chopped coriander. Give it a stir and cook for another 2 mins. If the bhaji is getting thick you can add some more water.
For Making Poori
- Heat enough oil to medium high for deep frying in a kadai or deep vessel. Lightly knead the dough and divide it into 12 balls of equal size. Roll them so that there are no cracks on them.Similarly make small balls of the stuffing about 10 grams each. Press the dough ball and place the filling into it. Seal the dough and place it on the counter. Repeat the same with the remaining dough. Apply little oil on the kitchen counter or chakla. Also lightly grease the rolling pin or Belan.
- Remember when you roll a poori never use dry flour as this flour will selltel at the bottom of the oil and burn, thereby ruining the oil. Also, the poori will have dry flour on them when you take them out of the oil.So, roll the poori into thin discs. In hot oil gently slide them. Using a frying spoon lightly press them down and give a rolling motion. This will allow them to puff up. Once puffed turn them over and throw hot oil with the frying spoon. Once both sides are browned remove them on an absorbent paper. Serve hot beds poori with aloo bhaji.
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