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Palak Poori

palak or spinach puri
Ingredients:
Baby Spinach Leaves/Palak - about 150 gm
Wheat Flour - 2 cups
Gram Flour/Chickpea Flour/Besan - 1/2 cup
Ginger - an inch piece
Garlic - 5 big cloves
Green Chilies - 5
White Sesame Seeds/Til - 1 tbsp
Coriander Seeds/Dhania  - 1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds/Jeera - 1 tsp
Black Peppercorn - about 5
Salt
Oil

How to cook Indian Spinach Poori:
  • Steam/Blanch the spinach leaves with about 2 tbsp water till they wilt. Let them cool.
  • Grind the blanched spinach, green chilies, ginger, garlic, black peppercorn, coriander seeds, cumin seeds to a fine puree.
  • In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour, gram flour, salt and sesame seeds. Mix the dry ingredients. Now add the spinach puree and knead into a soft, firm dough. Add about 1 tsp oil and knead the dough again. Let the (covered) dough rest for about 30 minutes.
  • Make small lemon size balls of the dough and roll each one into round puris ( 5 - 6 inch diameter) either dusting some wheat flour or using oil. Alternately,  you can use cookie cutter to cut out round puris.
  • Deep fry these puris and serve Palak Puri with ketchup or a curry.

palak poori

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  1. hamaarethoughts.comDecember 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM

    I have eaten those at somebody place with sweet chutney and dahi vadas!!
    Its awesome I will try ti..
    the cutter is awesome too...
    good job dear!

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  2. Sanyukta Gour(Bayes)December 21, 2010 at 5:52 PM

    thts a mouthwatering platter...simply amazing n droooooooolworthy....

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  3. UnknownDecember 21, 2010 at 7:21 PM

    looks so perfect....healthy too...

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  4. Lakshmi ...Rasoi ki Malkin..northern and southern spicesDecember 21, 2010 at 7:49 PM

    colourful palak pooris with lots of health..

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  5. Jayanthy KumaranDecember 21, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    very innovative dear..love d healthy color.
    Tasty appetite

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  6. notyet100December 21, 2010 at 9:24 PM

    looks yum,..

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  7. Gayathri KumarDecember 22, 2010 at 2:23 AM

    Looks so nice and healthy..

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  8. UnknownDecember 22, 2010 at 3:08 AM

    Hey,

    Amazing and healthy palak pooris...:)

    Dr.Sameena@

    http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com/

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  9. Priya SureshDecember 22, 2010 at 3:19 AM

    Yumm, fluffy pooris makes me drool..

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  10. Ms.ChitchatDecember 22, 2010 at 5:25 AM

    You made me drool over ur puris, superb and tasty.

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  11. Sushma MallyaDecember 22, 2010 at 5:48 AM

    Nice and different,looks delicious

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  12. Suja ManojDecember 22, 2010 at 8:27 AM

    Looks wonderful..pretty color is so inviting.

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  13. kshipraDecember 23, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    fluffy, green puris making me hungry. pass me some please!

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