Farsi Puri
Farsi Puri Recipe – A well-loved Gujarati snack traditionally prepared during the Diwali festival, best enjoyed with a cup of tea.
Ingredients
- 1 cup All-purpose flour (Maida)
- 2 tablespoons Sooji (rava or semolina)
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Shahi jeera (kala jeera or black cumin seeds)
- 1 teaspoon Black peppercorns coarsely ground in mortar and pestle.
- 3 tablespoons Ghee (clarified butter) or Oil.
- 4 to 5 tablespoons Water
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Take all purpose flour, sooji, salt, shahi jeera and coarsely ground black peppers in a bowl. Mix well.
- Now add ghee. Now rub the ghee and flour mixture together using fingertips till the mixture becomes crumbly breadcrumbs like.
- Add little water at a time and start kneading the dough. The dough should be stiff and hard.
- Cover the bowl with the plate and let it rest for at least 15 minutes.
- after resting time, knead it once again to smooth out.
- Divide the dough into 13 equal portions. Make a smooth ball and flatten it out between your palm.
- Work with one flatten disc at a time and roll it into 3-inch diameter circle.
- Now using the knife, prick the surface both sides.
- While you are rolling, heat the oil in a pan on medium-low heat for deep frying. While oil is getting hot and ready, roll a few puris and arrange them on the plate.
- Oil should be just hot. Slide 4-5 puris at a time. Do not overcrowd the pan. as you add them they will sink in the bottom and will take some time to float on top.
- you need to maintain the oil temperature, to do so you can lower or increase the flame intensity as needed during the frying process.
- The whole frying process for one batch will take about 6-7 minutes. So while frying the one batch, roll rest of the puri simultaneously.
- Once they are cooked and light pink in color from one side, flip them and fry another side as well.
- Remove them using a slotted spatula and keep them on paper towel lined plate.
- Repeat the frying process till all the puris are fried.
- Let farsi puri cool down completely, then store them in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Calories: 262kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 3gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 168mgPotassium: 29mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1g
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