Week 9
PURI:
This week I tried Puri which is similar to a tortilla made out of wheat flour or with all-purpose flour. Tortillas are just flat but puri are fluffy and soft. For tortillas drops of oil can be used for frying but for puri it is deep fry in a good amount of oil where the puri gets puffed out once it is fully touched by the oil deep down and then it fluffs itself and becomes a fluffy puri.
I read all the pro tips and followed them carefully so that my puri is fluffy and soft. If it does not come out fluffy that means I have made a mistake somewhere and it will not be soft to eat.
Here is the recipe and method with ingredients;
I cup whole wheat flour
¾ teaspoon fine rava or semolina called sugi
A pinch of salt and one tablespoon of oil to knead the dough.
Oil at least 500ml to fry the Puris.
Step-by-step guide
First, add oil and salt to the flour and start kneading it. It was too dry so I added a little as ¼ cup of water to knead it properly. I kneaded the dough until it did not stick to my hands until I got one full big ball of dough. Then I applied a little more oil with a brush over the whole dough ball and rested it for 10 minutes covering it with a lid.
After 10 minutes I divided that whole big ball into about 10 small balls to roll puri on a rolling pin. When I rolled over the pin it was a bit sticky according to the tips I sprinkled a little more flour and rolled the dough to get a perfect round /circle shape.
The next step was to heat the oil in a frying pan. The puri should go deep in oil so I poured about 500 ml of oil in the pan. Now after the oil got perfectly heated I dropped one rolled circle-shaped puri in oil to fry. Wow, the first one worked out well it came up over the oil floating, and took it out. Then I fried the next puri the second was ok. A little fluffy but did not float over the oil but I just pulled it out with a drainer. Over all most of the puiris came out well. Only 2 were not fluffly out of 10 puris.
YouTube video of the Puri recipe:
Next week is the Chana masala to add to the puri as side dish.