Rajgira Puri | Farali Puri Recipe | Amaranth Puri
Rajgira puri, also known as 'farali puri' or 'vrat ki puri' is a deep-fried, puffed bread made from rajgira flour (Amaranth Flour). This is a vegan, gluten-free, beginner-friendly, fasting (vrat / upvas) recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rajgira Flour (Amaranth) flour
- 1 Large potato, boiled, peeled & grated
- 1 teaspoon Ginger-green chilli paste
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 2 tablespoons Coriander Leaves, finely chopped
- Salt to taste
- Oil, for frying the puris
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add grated potatoes, rajgira flour (amaranth), cumin seeds, ginger-chilli paste, salt and coriander leaves.
- Mix well, add very little water gradually. We need a stiff dough for making this puri.
- Meanwhile, heat oil for deep frying the puris.
- Take an aluminum foil or a plastic sheet. Apply little oil, take a small lemon-sized ball from the dough and place it on the greased foil / plastic sheet.
- Pat it gently to form small poori. Apply oil if the flour sticks to your hand while patting.
- Deep fry each puri individually in the hot oil over medium to high flame.
- Fry from both sides and keep on flipping the puri.
- Fry till the puri turns golden brown in colour from both the sides.
- Transfer the puri onto an absorbent kitchen towel to drain excess oil.
- Crispy & delicious Rajgira Puri is ready.
- Serve it with Farali aloo sabji or curds.
