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Bhel poori (A)















Ingredients

Quantity
Bengal gram flour
225gms
Salt
15 – 20gms
Asafoetida
a pinch
Chilli powder
1 level spoon
Baking soda
3gms (3 pinches
Oil for frying
140ml
Cumin
5gms
Gingelly seeds
10gms

Ingredients for poories:


Semolina
55gms
Refined flour
55gms
Whole wheat flour
55gms
Salt
to taste
Water to mix

Oil


Sift gram flour with soda. Add asafoetida, chilli powder, salt, cumin, gingelly seeds, 2tbsp of hot oil and some water to make a dough. Keep aside for half an hour. Heat oil for frying. Press the dough through the sev mould into the hot oil. Fry till light brown. Remove sev. Mix semolina, wheat flour, refined flour and salt. Add enough water to make a stiff dough. Let it stand for half an hour. Knead well. Divide into even portions the size of a walnut. Roll out into thin rounds. Fry in hot oil till brown and crisp. Remove and drain. Allow poories to cool.

Hot chutney:

  Ingredients

Quantity
Coriander leaves
1 bunch
Green chillies
4
Ginger
5gms
Garlic
2 flakes
Roasted gram
1 heaped tsp
Salt
to taste


Wash and chop coriander leaves, green chillies, ginger and garlic. Grind to a smooth paste with roasted gram and salt. Mix with a little water if paste is too thick.

Sweet chutney:

Ingredients

Quantity
Dates
100gms
Tamarind
30gms
Sugar
1 tsp
Salt
to taste  

Destine dates. Soak tamarind in a little water for 15 minutes. Extract pulp. Grind together dates and tamarind. Add sugar and salt.

Bhel:

Mix together 1 kg of puffed rice, sev, poories broken into pieces and the two chutneys. Add sliced, boiled potatoes, chopped onions and coriander leaves and add lime juice to taste.

N. B.      Mixing can be done separately, as and when required.