Beetroot Poori(Puri)

Beatroot Puri is a fried bread. It’s a type of Puri(fried Indian bread) . Beetroot Puri is prepared with boiled beetroot paste, wheat flour, some spices and fried in oil. In this recipe I’ll show you how to make crispy and puffy beetroot puri step by step.

Beetroot puri is so yummy and b’coz of its colour look so tempting. It’s a great food for your kids lunch box. You can have Puri in your breakfast with achar, chutney or poached egg they taste so good 😋

Beetroot is very healthy vegetable and good for our body. But many of us don’t like to include them regularly in the salads. I love to add them in paratha or Puri. Even I love to have in soups or halwa.

Ingredients :

2cups whole wheat flour
Beetroot paste (1 medium size)
1tsp carom seeds
Salt to taste
2tbsp oil
½ cup Water ( use beetroot boiled water for kneading dough)

Beetroot Puri step by step :

Boil 2cups of water add chopped beetroot pieces (1 medium size)
Boil until beetroot turn soft, strain them don’t throw the strained water, you can utilise it for kneading dough.
Blend beetroot pieces to a smooth paste.
In a mixing bowl add 2cups of wheat flour, carom seeds, salt, oil and beetroot paste.
Mix by using hand crumbly dough form. Add beetroot water little at a time and knead a soft slightly tight dough.
Apply 1tsp of oil. Cover and leave it for 10 mins.
After 10 mins knead the dough again and devide into small equal part with measured amount of dough.
Take one ball on the rolling board apply some oil to the rolling pin and start rolling it.
Evenly roll it to a round shape. Roll Puri moderately thin, slightly thicker than chapati. If you one first rolling all puri cover them with kitchen towel so they don’t dry up.
Heat oil in a deep pan or kadhai slid puri into the hot oil, add one at a time. Slightly press Puri , it’ll puff up.
Flip and try from other side, when it turn golden brown from both sides, shake off excess oil and take them out on the kitchen towel to soak excess oil.
Puris are ready serve hot with light curry or poached egg or egg vaji(bhaji).

Important notes :

For Puri knead stiff dough, as I don’t dust flour to roll puri, if your dough will be stiff it’ll be easy to roll it.
If you find it difficult to roll, don’t dust flour for rolling puri instead apply some oil on the rolling pin.
Fry Puri moderately hot oil, if oil isn’t enough hot, Puri won’t be puff and absorb to much oil. I have prepared more Indian breads recipe like Aloo paratha, Laccha paratha, Tandoori roti, Rumali roti.