Jeera Poori is an Indian Flatbread which is made of wheat flour and spiced with the cumin seeds. It is a puffed, deep-fried golden flatbread from Uttar Pradesh.
I made three different Pooris for the Uttar Pradesh Thali. The original plan was to post all Thalis in April from different states and then post different recipes from these during the following months. Man proposes and God disposes! So, the plan to post the thalis was postponed and now I have to open all cards! I had planned the A to Z series with the theme Pick One Indian State and make Three, keeping the thalis in mind, with perhaps an extra recipe! But – well never mind! I am giving you a sneak peek of these Thalis which will be up in September now. Jeera Poori is the recipe for the alphabet ‘J ‘ and this month’s state is Uttar Pradesh.
Coming to Jeera Poori, cumin seeds are the highlight of this poori. Whole wheat flour is used for the pooris, along with the routine spices. The poori is very simple but tastes excellent with any side dish or gravy dish. The golden puffed ball is a treat and very light, ad a result you just go on eating them.
Uttar Pradesh is very popular for its poori’s and they even make a crisp version of this poori where they use all-purpose flour and deep fry the poori. These crisp pooris have a good shelf life, unlike these puffed ones. Puffed ones taste best while they are served piping hot, but one can definitely serve them at their room temperature too. One can store these for a day or two depending on the climate. These Jeera Pooris are best for traveling when you can carry these with some Banarasi Mirch ka Achaar or Sindhi Aaloo.
Jeera Poori
Ingredients
2 cups wheat flour
1 tbsp cumin seeds, ground
1-2 green chilly finely chopped
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp curd
1/8 tsp turmeric powder.
Salt to taste
Method
Take a mixing bowl and add all ingredients.
Mix them well with hands and bind to a dough using water.
Pinch out small balls, roll them in a 4-6 ” disc.
Heat oil.
Deep fry one poori at a time or fry more if your Kadai is big enough.
Fry till golden.
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Jeera Poori
Ingredients
- 2 cups wheat flour
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1-2 green chilly finely chopped
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp curd
- 1/8 tsp turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Take a mixing bowl and add all ingredients .
- Mix them well with hands and bind to a dough using water.
- Pinch out small balls, roll them in a 4-6 ” disc.
- Heat oil .
- Deep fry one poori at a time or fry more if your kadai is big enough .
- Fry till golden .
I can see the thali in the background and it looks quite a tummy bursting treat :-)). Poori of any kind is a tasty treat, addition of jeera and chilies must add a boost of flavors to it.
I am so looking forward to the thali which is visible in the background. Mouthwatering thali and these pooris looking heavenly.
Jeera pooris sound flavorful and yum. I bet all the dishes in that thali apart from these pooris are mouthwatering.
Wow Vaishali, these pooris look so yum! and I can’t wait to see what that thali is on the background. I feel so sad as you know, we planned so much for it. Knowing you, I am sure all the that’s would be stunning. Now I can’t wait to read about the thalis..Delicious ones Vaishali.
On the note of the thalis, yes it has been tough for me too as I had planned based on that. Now never mind..:)
Jeera poori looks so delicious and so does the spread in the thali! Next time I plan on poori, I am going to make these jeera poori.