Recipe Description
Red pumpkin, sesame seeds and wheat flour dough made into pooris and served with sesame chutney.
Ingredients:-
- Red pumpkin (bhopla/kaddu) grated – 2 cups
- Sesame seeds (til) – 2 tablespoons
- Whole wheat flour (atta) – 3-4 cups
- Crushed black peppercorn – 1 teaspoon
- Red chili powder – ½ teaspoon
- Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
- Oil – Deep fry
- Salt – To taste
- A little chaat masala (optional)
- For chutney
- Garlic cloves – 8-10
- Sesame seeds – 2-3 tablespoons
- Dried red chilies – 4-5
- Vinegar – 1 cup
- Oil – 1 tablespoon
- Cumin seeds – ½ teaspoon
Method:-
- Put the pumpkin into a mixer jar, add crushed black peppercorn, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and sesame seeds. Add ½ cup water and grind.
- Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
- Transfer the pumpkin mixture into a bowl, add whole wheat flour and salt and mix well. Knead into dough. Apply a little oil and knead again. Rest the dough for a while.
- Heat a non-stick pan, break the chillies and put into the pan. Add vinegar, garlic and sesame seeds and boil for 4-5 minutes or till the chillies soften.
- Transfer the mixture into a mixer jar and grind to make a chutney .
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in another non-stick pan, add cumin seeds and saute till lightly browned
- Switch off heat and add the ground chutney and mix well. Add salt and mix well. Transfer into a bowl and set aside.
- Divide the dough into small portions, dust with a little dry flour, shape into balls and roll out into pooris
- Gently slide the pooris into hot oil and deep-fry till puffed up and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.
- Transfer into a serving bowl and sprinkle a little chaat masala over them if you wish. Transfer the chutney into a smaller bowl and serve hot.
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