Palak Puri ( Spinach Puri)

Ingredients:

Wheat flour(atta) - 2 cups

Gram flour(besan) - 2 tbs

Rice flour - 2 tbs

Palak(spinach) - 1/2 bunch

Green chillies - 4-5 no

Cumin seeds(roasted) - 1 tsp

Ginger - 1 small small piece

Red chili powder- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Asafoetida - a pinch

Sesame seeds - 1tbs

Salt to taste

oil for frying.

Procedure:

1.Wash the spinach leaves in water and blanch in boiling water for about 5 min.
2.Then in a blender pot take spinach leaves, green chillies, ginger, cumin seeds and grind in to fine paste.

3.Take all flours , add salt, asafoetida, sesame seeds and mix with fingers

4. Now mix the palak paste in the atta, add red chili powder,turmeric powder and 1 tbs oil while kneading into semi hard dough.

5.Now make equal sized balls and roll into round shape puries.
Deep fry puries in hot oil from both sides on medium to high heat.
6.Serve palak puri hot with aloo sabji or red chili chutney.