Potato Poori

 Poori is a deep fried dish made using whole wheat flour. Dough is made with whole wheat flour, flattened using roller pin and deep fried in oil. Today I added some spices, boiled potatoes to the dough and  made potato pooris. They were absolutely delicious and very filling. This dish is specially liked by kids a lot !! .

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Yields: 15 to 16 poori

INGREDIENTS:

Whole wheat flour - 2 cups

 Potato - 1 large sized

Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Red chilli powder - 3/4 teaspoon

Salt - as required

Coriander leaves - a bunch

Oil - 2 tablespoon 

Oil for deep frying

METHOD:

1. In a bowl, add water and some salt. Add potato and allow it to boil for 10 minutes, till it get soft.  Alternatively, you can also pressure cook the potato.

2. Peel of the skin of the potato. Mash them well with a masher or with ladle. Mash them well, so that there isnt any big lumps. Now add whole wheat flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander leaves, salt and oil. Sprinkle just 1 to 2 tablespoon of water , to make a soft dough. Do not add more water, as the dough turns too soft and difficult to make pooris. Also spread some oil on the top of  dough and keep it covered for 5 minutes. 

3. Take lemon sized dough, sprinkle some wheat flour and flatten the dough using roller pin. 

4. Deep fry them in oil, till they fluff up. The oil should be hot enough for the pooris to fluff up. Once you put the pooris inside, slightly press them using a perforated ladle, so that they fluff up well. 

5. Serve with any curry or gravy of your choice !