Cook's Hideout: Maida Puri with Aloo Kurma

June 24, 2008

Maida Puri with Aloo Kurma

My in-laws are visiting us from India and we are having a great time eating yummy snacks and food for the past 2 weeks. My MIL made these puris, they are similar to baturas but much faster to make.

Ingredients:
Maida (All purpose flour) – 1 cup
Sooji (semolina) – ¼ cup
Salt – pinch
Oil – 3tbsp

Method:
  • Mix maida, sooji and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the center.
  • Add warm oil to the well, slowly mix in the flour. Add water as needed and make firm dough (thicker than chapathi dough). Cover and set aside for 10-15minutes.
  • Roll out into 4”-5” diameter puris. Deep fry until golden and remove onto paper towels to absorb excess oil. Serve hot with any curry.
We had our puris with this is a quick and easy kurma that my MIL made.

Aloo Kurma:
Ingredients
:
Potatoes – 3, medium, chopped into bite size pieces
Onion – 1 medium, roughly chopped
Green chilies – 4 medium
Coconut milk – ½ cup
Coriander leaves – ½ cup
Mint leaves - 1/4 cup
Ginger – 1”piece
Garlic – 2 cloves
Yogurt - 2tbsp
Salt - to taste

Method:
  • Grind onions, chilies, ginger, garlic, coriander and mint into a smooth paste.
  • Add 1tbsp oil in a pressure cooker, add the onion paste and sauté till slightly golden. Add potato, sauté for 5 minutes. Add coconut milk, yogurt, salt and 1cup water. Cover and cook for 2 whistles. Serve with puris.

16 comments:

  1. I bet that tasted great - perfect breakfast for a rainy day like this:)

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  2. wow,...combo looks delicious,..specially the pooris,..sofluffy,,

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  3. Wow,maida and sooji in a puri sounds so innovative Pavani.Easy and quick to make version of Bhaturas..must-try!!Great entry!!

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  4. Slurp! Great combo and comfort food for me!:)

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  5. Love the combination. That is so tempting.

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  6. yummy combination of puri and kurma .. and ur pic looks tempting :)

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  7. hi dear...
    looks delicious and yummy... nice combination dear...

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  8. Looks delicious! Potato Kurma with mint and coconut milk sounds yummy! A new recipe for me.. Thanks for sharing :)

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  9. Oh yeah! This has been bookmarked :)

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  10. Such a quick and simple potato kurma! Love this, Pavani. And those maida puris just look perfectly crispy and puffy. Delicious! :)

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  11. Hi Pavani,
    Both look so simple and easy to make when you have no time. aa parents they are one great cooks.

    cheers
    rajani

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  12. That looks so pluffy must hv tatsed great! its been a while i made it

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  13. Hi Pavani,
    The pooris look fantastic and the green kurma looks really delicious and adds color to the whole meal :)

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  14. hello,
    thanx pavani.we had a fight in the morning.i patched up with my hubby through your recipe.it really proved that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

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  15. I made this for dinner and it was so good!!! I will definitely make this again!

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  16. Nice combinations . going to do tonite.. pls visit vidhya-ravikumar.blogspot.com following you..

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