Cuisine: Chhattisgarh
Category: Snack
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 15 min
Serves: 4
Difficulty: Easy
🌿 Vegetarian
Deep-fried sweet puri made from maida, sugar and cardamom — the festival fried bread of Chhattisgarh served at Diwali, weddings and celebrations.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (maida)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- 2 tbsp ghee — for the dough
- A pinch of salt
- Warm water — to knead a soft dough
- Oil for deep frying
Method
- Mix maida, sugar, cardamom powder and salt.
- Add 2 tbsp ghee and rub into the flour until crumbly.
- Add warm water gradually. Knead into a smooth, slightly firm dough — slightly stiffer than chapati dough. Cover. Rest 15 minutes.
- Divide into 16 small balls. Roll each into a small round 8 to 9 cm wide.
- Heat oil for deep frying on medium. Test with a small piece of dough — it should rise to the surface immediately.
- Slide a puri carefully into the hot oil. Gently press the centre with a slotted spoon so it puffs.
- Fry on medium for 1 minute per side until pale golden — festival puris are lighter in colour than regular puris.
- Drain on paper towels. Serve warm. They puff beautifully and the cardamom and sugar create a mildly sweet, fragrant bread.