Quick pethi puri
Small puffed puris with a spiced urad dal crust
Pethi puri are little wholemeal puris with a thin layer of coarsely ground urad dal, chilli flakes and carom seeds pressed on top. Fried peethi side down, the dal cooks into a crunchy, savoury crust while the puri puffs up. Serve hot with chutneys.
- Total time
- 155 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the dough
For the dal peethi
For frying
Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Soak 1 ¾ oz husked split black lentils (urad dal) for 2 hours, then drain well.
Step 2: Mix 4 ½ oz whole wheat flour, 1 tsp oil and ½ tsp salt and bind into a stiff dough with ¼ cup water. Set aside.
Step 3: Coarsely blend the drained dal with ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp red chilli flakes and ¼ tsp carom seeds (ajwain), using no water, and keep aside.
Step 4: Divide the dough into 12 small balls and roll out into small puris.
Step 5: Spread 1 tsp peethi on each rolled puri.
Step 6: Heat oil, for deep frying and gently drop in a puri, peethi side down, so the dal cooks in the hot oil. Press the sides of the puri a little to make it puff up.
1 minStep 7: Turn and fry until golden brown. Drain and repeat. Serve the pethi puri with chutneys.
15 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 260 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 30 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fibre
- 6 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does quick pethi puri take?
- About 155 minutes in total: 135 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegan?
- Yes. It has no meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
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