Vrat ki poori /Rajgira poori

Rajgira poori or amaranth pooris recipe below:

rajgira ki poori recipe - amaranth poori recipe

rajgira ki poori recipe - fried puffed breads made from amaranth flour & boiled mashed potatoes.

 COOK TIME 25 minutes

INGREDIENTS (1 cup = 250 ml)

• 2 cups rajgire ka atta or amaranth flour
• 1 large potato (aloo)
• rock salt (sendha namak) as required
• water as required
• some rajgira atta or amaranth flour for dusting

HOW TO MAKE RECIPE

1. boil the potato. let it cool completey. peel and mash it in a bowl.
2. add rajgira atta and salt. first mix the whole mixture well.
3. then add very little water, just about 1/2 to 1 tsp and begin to knead the dough.
4. again add 1/2 to 1 tsp water and knead so that there is no dryness in the dough.
5. the dough should not be sticky. if the dough feel sticky add some amaranth flour and again knead.
6. keep aside covered for 15 minutes.
7. on a dusted work surface, make medium sized pooris, neither thin nor thick and fry them in hot oil.
8. drain the rajgira pooris on paper napkins to remove excess oil.
9. serve rajgire ke pooris hot with any vegetable curry/sabzi or paneer curry.
   
   

RECIPE NOTES

you can also use sweet potato instead of potatoes as a binding agent. but it will have the flavors or sweetness of sweet potato in it.

Check vrat aloo tamatar recipe to complement with this : https://cookbookbyshalini.blogspot.in/2017/09/aloo-tamatar-sabzi-recipe.html?m=0