Palak Poori/Puri (Indian Spinach Bread)

Poori (Puri) is the popular deep fried Indian bread. Palak (spinach) is mixed with wheat flour to prepare this colourful Palak Poori/Puri (Indian Spinach Bread). Palak poori looks green in colour with slight taste difference. Even those who do not like spinach, will find this poori attractive and tempting.

Ingredients

• Boil and grind the following 4 items to get – 1 cup
  • Palak – 1 bundle
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ tea spoon
  • Green chilli – 4 no
  • Salt – as per need
• Whole wheat flour – 2 cup
• Rice flour – 2 table spoon
• Oil – for deep frying poori

Method

• Palak paste for Poori: Clean, wash, cut and boil palak with green chilli, cumin seeds; I boiled palak in microwave oven.

• Cool it, add salt and grind it to a fine paste without water to get 1 cup by volume.

• Palak Poori/Puri: Add palak paste, rice flour with wheat flour; mix nicely and prepare a dough (add little oil and water to prepare the dough if you find it sticky); shape the dough into small lemon sized balls.

• Use a rolling pin and board to shape it further into a disc; deep fry these discs in moderate flame.

• Now Palak Poori/Puri (Indian Spinach Bread) is ready.
• Serve hot with any chutney or vegetable. I served it with Bombay (now Mumbai) Chutney.

• Have a closer look of Palak Poori/Puri (Indian Spinach Bread).