Puri with Potato Curry

Overview

Puri's are deep fried Indian flat breads made with whole wheat flour.  Puri is commonly served for breakfast or snack time with vegetarian or non vegetarian curries accompanied by Indian pickles. I usually serve Puri for breakfast with potato curry. This is very simple potato curry recipe that I got from my mother. My Boys love this Potato Curry with Puri.

Puri with Potatoes

Ingredients for Puri
Whole wheat flour - 1 cups
Salt  to taste
Water to make the dough
Oil to deep fry the puri

Steps to make Puri

1. Add salt about 1/4 teaspoon to the wheat flour and mix well.


2. Add water little at a time to the flour mixture and mix well.

3. Knead the dough well ill is smooth. Cover with a wet clean kitchen towel and keep aside for about an hour.

4. Take small marble size dough balls and dip it in the flour and roll it to make round Puri's. You should not roll the Puri too thin. If it is too thin it will not fluff up well.

5. Heat oil in a pan to deep fry the Puri's. When the oil gets hot add one rolled Puri at a time to the hot oil. When the bubbles start to come on one side turn over the Puri in the oil and gently press the Puri with a spoon in the oil to make it fluff up.

6. Brown both sides and take it out from oil . Let it drain in colander.


Serve hot with potato curry.  Makes about 15 Puri's

Ingredients for Potato curry
4 medium size potatoes peeled and diced
Red Onion  - 1 large chopped into chunks
Green chilly - 4 cut length wise
Ginger 2 inch piece cut length wise
Curry leaves - 3 sprigs
Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoon
Olive oil - 3 tablespoons
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Whole Dry red Chilly 2 - broken into pieces
Salt to taste

Steps for Potato Curry
1. Peel the potatoes and dice them to bite size cubes and keep immersed in water.

2. In a pressure cooker add the chopped onions, ginger, green chilly, 2 sprigs curry leaves, turmeric , salt and diced potatoes. Add half cup water and mix well. Cook till one whistle. Turn off heat and set it aside.

3. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil gets hot add the mustard seeds. When the seeds splutter add the Red dry chilly pieces and curry leaves to it and saute. Add the cooked potato mixture to this and mix well. When the gravy is thick turn off the heat.

Serve hot with Puri.