Beetroot Poori

Beetroot poori is a fried poori with blended beetroot and whole wheat flour. Enjoy the healthy and beautiful colored beetroot poori as snack / breakfast with sabzi / chutney / pickle.

Preparation time and cook time: 15 minutes
Yields: Makes 8-10 poories
 

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup chopped beetroot 
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder (optional)
• salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon oil for moyan
• oil for frying

Method:

• Wash beetroot, peel off and chopped it into small pieces.
• Blend beetroot with little water in a blender/grinder.
• In a big bowl, Mix wheat flour, salt, chili powder and oil.
• Add blended beetroot in whole wheat mixture and make a medium stiff dough. 
• Cover and keep the dough aside for 10 minutes.
• Now make small balls from the dough, dust with flour and roll out each dough ball thinly into a poori.
• Heat the oil in a deep pan/kadai and gently drop the purees in the hot oil.
• Now gently press the poori with a perforated frying spoon on the top of poori so that poori will puff and turn it.
• Fry it from both sides till golden brown. Remove from the pan and drain extra oil with paper napkin.
• Serve it hot or cold with any sabzi or achhar.
  

Note: You can also make the parathas using same dough instead of poori.

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