Puri (food)
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 Puri served at an Indian restaurant |
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| Origin | |
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| Alternate name(s) | Boori |
| Place of origin | India |
| Region or state | South Asia |
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| Main ingredient(s) | atta |
| Variations | Bhatoora, Luchi, Sev Puri |
A puri or poori or boori (Urdu: بوری, Hindi पूरी (pūrī), Kannada ಪೂರಿ, Tamil பூரி (pūri), Telugu పూరి (pūri) is a South Asian unleavened bread prepared in many of the countries in South Asia including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is consumed for breakfast, or as a snack or light meal. Puri is also the Georgian name for bread.
Puri is most commonly served at breakfast. It is also served at special or ceremonial functions; they sometimes are part of ceremonial rituals along with other vegetarian food offered in prayer as prasadam.
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[edit] Ingredients
Puri is prepared from dough of atta and salt,[1] by spreading it out in a circle the size of one's palm and deep frying in ghee or vegetable oil. In Pakistan, almost always, the puris are made with maida instead of atta. While frying, the bread puffs up. After they become golden-brown in color, they are removed and served hot along with some accompaniment.
[edit] Accompaniments
Puri can be served with saagu, potato masala(alu palya in karnataka), halwa, korma, chana masala or dal (lentil soup). Puri is also recommended to be served with special mixed vegetable which is prepared during puja and mistanno, a special kind of dessert prepared with rice, milk, sugar.
[edit] Types of puri
A variant of the puri is the bhatoora which is three times the size of a puri and thus, when served with chholey (spicy chick peas), often constitutes a full meal (See Chole bhature). Bhatoora is made up of different flour. Puri is made up of whole wheat flour while bhatoora is made from leavened all purpose flour (maida).
Another variant of the puri popular in the eastern states of West Bengal and Orissa is the Luchi.
Sev Puri, which is a type of puri, is an Indian snack which is served by street vendors who serve chaat.
 Puri masala from Krishna Cafe Salem in Tamil Nadu |
 Puris just after deep-frying in oil |
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