Bedmi Puri Recipe
Bedmi puri is a crispy deep fried food item from Delhi, made of urad dal, wheat flour and spices as main ingredients. Usually paired with aloo gravy as side dish.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Urad dal
- 1 cup Wheat flour
- 2 Green chilli
- 1 tbsp Ginger
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds powder
- 1/2 tsp Roasted cumin seeds powder
- 1/8 tsp Asafoetida
- 1 tbsp Oil
- Salt
- Oil to deep fry
Instructions
- 1
Wash and soak urad dal for minimum 1 hour minimum firstly. After that, drain water completely.
- 2
Then, place it in a mixie jar. On top of it, add green chilli and ginger.
- 3
After that, add water if needed and grind to a paste. Not too smooth as well as not too coarse.
- 4
Take the ground paste, wheat flour, red chilli powder, coriander powder, fennel seeds powder and cumin seeds powder in a mixing bowl.
- 5
Then add salt, asafoetida and oil.
- 6
Mix well and furthermore knead to a dough.
- 7
If needed, sprinkle water and make a stiff dough.
- 8
Keep a side for 10 to 15 minutes covered.
- 9
After that, knead again to smooth it and divide into equal sized balls.
- 10
Grease the surface of a rolling board. Flatten a ball of bedmi puri dough and grease it as needed.
- 11
After that, spread into thick poori.
- 12
Then, heat enough oil in a kadai to deep fry. Add a tiny pinch of dough to it to check if it rises immediately.
- 13
Slide the puri into oil. Furthermore, press gently inside oil to make it puff nicely.
- 14
Once puffed, flip and cook furthermore until golden and crisp. Regulate heat if needed.
- 15
Finally, drain over a paper towel and repeat to finish.
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