Beetroot Poori
Beetroot Poori is a deep fried Indian flatbread made with whole wheat flour , beetroot purée and carom seeds .The puffed poori is nutritious with a pink hue.
Ingredients
- 1 cup beetroot
- 2 cups wheat flour
- 2 tsp oil
- 1/4 tsp carom seeds
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Boil the beetroot , peel and make a purée .
- Take 2 cups wheat flour in a kneading bowl.
- Add oil, carom seeds and salt to taste.
- Now start adding the beetroot purée to the flour mix. Knead the dough with this purée.
- The ready dough should not be very soft or hard, just pliable enough to roll.
- Cover and keep the dough for 5-7 minutes.
- Pinch out balls and roll out pooris of the desired size.
- Deep fry the pooris.
- Since they have a pinkish purplish hue, do not fry in very hot oil, they will lose their colour.
- Drain on a kitchen napkin and serve hot.
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