MATTAR POORI / GREEN PEAS POORI

Peas poori  is  a  very  common dish for bengali's  . As  my  neighbour  is a  Bengali  and  once  she  gave  me  to taste  this  dish  we liked   so  much . And  learnt  from  her  and made  it  very  tasty  and  this  the  season  for   green  peas  so  every  one  try  and  eat  , with  less masala  and  children  also  will  like  so  much  , easy  to prepare  and  taste  yummy .

Ingredients - 

1. Frozen  peas  - 1  cup {preferably  the  fresh  ones but  in case  Use  frozen  peas will do}
2. Ginger - 1 inch 
3. Green chilli - 2 - 3
4. Asfoetida / hing - pinch
5. Dry roasted  cumin powder - 1 tsp
6. Whole wheat atta / powder - 2 cups
7. All purpose flour / maida  - 4 cups 
8. Salt  - as per 
9. Ghee / butter - 2 tsp
10. Warm water - as per 
11. Dry flour for rolling puri - as per [ I use maida  as oil won't destroy ]

Method of  preparation - 

• In  a grinder  add peas , ginger , green chillis , and  little water and make  fine  paste out  of  this .
• Take  ghee / butter  in  a frying pan , add  hing  and  add the prepared paste of  peas  and  on medium heat   fry  this  until  all the water  completely  evaporates [ keep  strring  as  it doe's not stick  to bottom ] and  the  pea  mixture  becomes  dry  and  thick  enough  to make  small  balls  out  of  it .
• Now  add salt  to  your  paste  and  if  peas  not sweet add  little sugar  to  it  . Let  it cool and  then sprinkle some  cumin  powder and mix well .
• Now  we  need  to make the dough :- In a mixing bowl  add two types of flour's ,salt, ghee for shortening .
• Rub  the  ghee into the flour with your  finger  tips .Now slowly add  the warm water  and knead  it  until  the dough becomes soft and smooth .
• Cover  it with  a cloth or kitchen towel and allow to rest for  for 1/2 an hr .
• Take ball you Made it from the flour and keep it on your palm .Using  the other  palm press it and make a small  disc .
• You  can also  use your rolling pin to make small puri ............. and  keep  the stuff  and close  it  and press  to small  puri and  keep  themm  aside .
• Take oil  in  a wok or kadai  and heat it . Deep  fry the  kachori / poori  till both sides puff  up .
• Poori can  be eaten  with  dal  or  any subzi  or  plain also .

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