Sunday, February 15, 2009

PALAK POORI AND BOONDHI RAITA

Palak-poori
(Palak poori-Updated Pictre)
           
This is also a recipe I learnt from my friend Sangeeta....Enjoy the recipe  :)  !!!
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Ingredients:

Palak/Spinach(stem removed and chopped) 1 cup tightly packed
wheat flour 1 1/2 cups
Green chilies 4-5 nos.
Oman/ajwain 1 tsp
Salt&water As needed

METHOD:

  1. Saute the palak leaves,little till the reduce in volume(say for a minute or two).
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  2. Cool down and grind it with green chillies and water till smooth.
  3. Take the flour and add salt,ajwain to it and this ground spinach and make to a smooth dough,as we make for pooris.(Add water little as needed).
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  4. Make small balls and roll into pooris as we do for the ordinary pooris.
  5. Deep fry in hot oil.(Keep in Medium flame)
  6. Serve with Boondhi raita!
palak-poori-recipe
(Palak poori-Updated Pictre)
Boondhi Raita:

Ingredients:

Kara boondhi(I used Haldiram's) 1/2 cup
Curd 1/2 cup
Asafetida 1/4 tsp
Red chilli powder 1/4 tsp
coriander leaves for garnishing
Mustard (optional) for tempering
Oil(optional) for tempering
salt & water as needed

Method:

  1. Soak the boondhis in hot water for 15 minutes.(till the boondhis blow up..I.e.. till they are soft)
  2. Mix salt,asafetida in curd,temper if desired.
  3. Mix the soaked boondhis gently in the curd.Now its ready! Is it not cool! But tastes like heaven!
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58 Stars(comments):

Ramya Bala said...

Looks tempting...and fabulous

Asha said...

I agree with Ramya. Fab colors and combo to have it for lunch. "Made for each other" event? ;D

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Thank you Ramya,for the quick comment:)
Asha,
I already sent an entry for that event,and no multiple entries,so sadly not...:P
Have a great week:)

Poonam said...

colorfull and tempting!!! Shall give this a try I have spinach anyways...

Varunavi said...

Raita is tempting.

jayasri said...

Great colour combination.......must be very tasty & also healthy....it's fabulous,as poonam said will give this a try as i have spinach always.....

sriharivatsan said...

Raji, you are very much tempting me now..This is not fair..Looks fabulous, what else i can say now..Mouthwatering here..

Arundhuti said...

Wow! Such lovely and tempting photographs. Fabulous!

Madhu's cooking gallery said...

Drooling over the poori's.. raita Yum! perfect combination!..

Varsha Vipins said...

Thats amazing..!!!What a lovely Poori..:)n Raita too..:)

Cham said...

OMG, what an eyecatching color R!

Vibaas said...

that looks very tempting. nice pics, as usual :)

Nags said...

lovely colour, like everyone else commented :)

LG said...

Loved the color combination. They made me hungry again :)

sowmya said...

i made them too..yet to post mine..yours look really good..

Daily Meals said...

Very colourful and nice combo...

vidhas said...

Raji, So colourful, tempting pooris. Pictures are awesome. Can you send me some. Grab your Award.

suparna said...

Wooooooooooooooooow!!! lovely presentation and mind blowing pics...God! can anything be more tempting than this? it's a compelte health package :) Gr8 work! wish I was there to taste it too ;)
TC

Dershana said...

Pictures are fantastic, as your's always are! I make palak parathas but never tried making pooris out of the dough, looks yum!

jeyashrisuresh said...

superb raji.i make chapati with palak.never made poori.Will try soon.picture as usual excellent.

Andhra Flavors said...

Looks beautiful. I too make this palak poori and love this.

Priya said...

Wowowowwwwwwww so colourful n fluffy pooris looks great..tempting raita...yummy!!

rekhas kitchen said...

poori looks so beautiful nice color and perfect comb.

jayasree said...

Lovely.. What a combo. Drooling over the spinach pooris. Such tempting color.

Boondi raits looks absolutely delicious..

Kitchen Flavours said...

Never heard of this...Looks vibrant and yummy....

Malar Gandhi said...

WOOOOOOOOOO, What a lovely color you got there. Yeah...its still on my 'to do list'! Love the color so much dear. Awesome click.

Laavanya said...

I simply love Boondi raitha and it looks stunning in the first picture. The palak pooris look awesome.. have only made chapathis with this batter before.. must try pooris to.

Happy cook said...

Wow wow i am in love with that palak porri, it looks so so beautiful and delicious too and it has really puffed up so much.

Pavithra Kodical said...

Wow.. Colorful and delicious looking..I am drooling here..

Srivalli said...

Raji those are some lovely pictures..so tempting..great clicks..and the new header is so cute!

Archy said...

Wow, healthy way for making an eating leafy.. lovely color of the puri.. with boondhi raita.. nice combo !!

Alka said...

Wht a lovely way to indulge and eat healthy too...gr8 pooris i am gonna make it tomm. itself and that raita is simply to die for !

Mona said...

Lovely clickks! Palak Poori is my fav too. Have a look at my version

Suma Rajesh said...

this looks attractive and nice..

Superchef said...

those look sooo very colourful!!

Nithya Praveen said...

Wow..beautiful..the pic looks wonderful..especially the raita's pic looks gorgeous.I loved it!

Madhu's cooking gallery said...

Poori is my all time favorite! Looks super Yum!

Adlak's tiny world said...

green poories looks so cute with raitha. its so cool dear. I too make this (that day i used the dough of chapatii and made puri ony for my daughter ha ha ha).

Uma said...

colorful puris and wonderful presentation too! I can't take my eyes off the pictures. You're a great photographer.

priar's, said...

Looks so yum...puris r mouth watering

Viki Xavier. said...

Palak poori with boonthi raitha.. really made for each other. yummy:)

Sumathi said...

looks very tempting.. great colour.. very healthy too..

Rathna said...

Wow...super cool...as soon as the page loaded...my first reaction was "WOW"....looks really delicious and super tempting. I'd have loved this entry too...but yeah I'm sorry no multiple entries this time. :-)

Nags said...

please do!!

(share all the recipes on your blog, provided they are indian!)

Sanghi said...

Mmm.. looks great! Perfect poori too :)

Cynthia said...

These photographs are captivating! And the poori - look at that rich green colour!

Premyscakes said...

Wow really love them, very attractive.

DEESHA said...

loved the color of palak .. awesome click too

Bhawna said...

wow.. raita looks great. Nice colors. Though its everyday food but ur pic is making it more special. Thanks

Bhawna said...

wow.. raita looks great. Nice colors. Though its everyday food but ur pic is making it more special. Thanks

TBC said...

Your pics (esp the first one) are stunning!

Soma said...

I am in love with these palak puris!! what an amazing idea! My kids love poori, now to make them eat greens with them!!
Soma(www.ecurry.com)

Yasmeen said...

Puri goes green,Cool!

Food Fanatic said...

super duper yummy...i wish i cud steal some frm ur blog :D

indrabekti said...

Looks so delicious!

Sugi said...

Hi,

Yesterday I tried ur palak poori and raita, it was great. My guest loved it. I got a great fan for my cooking.. All the credit goes to you.. Awesome!!

Thanks I also tried small potato briyani. Excellent it was!!!

Keep posting!!

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Thank you Sugi for the feed back :)

RENU said...

hi
i tried palak poori n came yummy..we all loved it..thanks raks.

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