I love starting mornings with some heavy brunch especially over a weekend and usually my family prefers having some Poori Masala. I tried some Moong dal pooris today which is mainly made with yellow lentil and whole wheat flour. Poori is an Indian Flat bread and there is something about fluffed pooris that it is so irresistible.
Check out the video to make Moong Dal Poori:
I served it with Potato Masala and some Masala Chaas.
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Pinch the dough and make small balls.
Flatten the dough with rolling pin.
Heat Oil and deep fry poori.
I served it with Potato Masala and some Masala Chaas.
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Moong Dal Poori Recipe
Ingredients
- Wheat flour - 2 cups
- Moong dhuli / yellow lentil / pasiparappu - 1/4 cup
- Semolina/rava/sooji - 1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Kasuri Methi - 1 tbsp
- Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to Taste
- Vegetable Oil for deep frying ( I used Idhayam mantra Groundnut Oil)
Instructions
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Clean and Soak lentil for 2 hours. Drain the water and grind it to make a paste. Add minimum required water to make a smooth paste.
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Add wheat flour, lentil paste, semolina, turmeric powder, salt, kasuri methi, red chilli powder in a mixing bowl and knead it nicely by adding little by little water.
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Now add 1 tbsp oil and knead again. Set aside for 15 minutes.
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Now make small balls of it and flatten it with a rolling pin in a round shape.
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You can use dry flour to roll the dough smoothly but use only minimum dry flour while rolling the dough.
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Heat oil in a frying pan. To check if the oil is warm, drop a small piece of dough into the oil. If it comes on top immediately, the oil is warm for frying.
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Slide the raw poori into the oil carefully. You have to keep regulating the flame to make sure oil doesn't get too hot. Press down lightly on the pooris as it fries to help it puff up.
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Once pooris turn golden brown, put them on a strainer or a paper tissue to drain excess oil.
wow… so soft and fluffed up…
I loooove puri! Though my mom doesnot make it much 🙁
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That looks REALLY good, wish I could get the ingredients locally to try it!
Sound quick and easy soaking the lentils is not hard either. Enjoy your family and thanks for the wonderful recipes.,
This sounds very good. Can't find the ingredients where I love though. Enjoy!
oh love this yummy poori .Soooo good
One day I'd like to make it because I see it is so tasty with fiber!
Lawrence Bergfeld
i am going to make these purees for my husband once we had them in some cafeteria he was asking from me about the recipe ; i said i dot know .. shall find out.. thanks for sharing will make for my husband 🙂 fantastic looks
Priya, you always make my mouth water, trying this tomorrow!! 😉
Thank you so much for being a part of the Weekend Social! I love this recipe! I can't wait to try it out!!!
Wow moong dal poori:-)never tried, looks soft and fluffy perfect with potato masala yum yum
I thought making pooris is much more difficult! I guess , Priya, you should think seriously of publishing a cookbook! You just make any recipe easy to follow!
Thank you Hadia 🙂