BEETROOT POORIS/PINK POORIS

BEETROOT POORIS

Hello friends,
Its a challenge to make our children eat healthy.So as a parent we try different ways to include healthy vegetables in their diet .I tried doing the above by making Beetroot pooris aka pink coloured pooris.Hope you like it .

INGREDIENTS

Wholewheat/Atta-2 cups
Semolina/Sooji-2 tbsp
Salt-to taste
Beetroot (boiled)-1
Oil-1 tbsp and for frying

Firstly we shall make a paste of boiled beetroot in mixie jar.

Now we shall prepare a dough .We shall add semolina,salt ,1 tbsp oil and beetroot paste to wholewheat flour and prepare a stiff dough.We can use the water left after boiling beetroot.We musrt add beetroot paste little by little so that the dough does not become too loose.

After the dough is rested for fifteen to twenty minutes we make small balls out of the dough

Heat oil in kadai/wok.

Roll out pooris into thin round shapes.

Fry the pooris one by one.

Hot and fluffy pooris ready to be served.

Serve these pooris with spicy curry/sabzi of your choice.Here I have serve with spicy potato curry.

Do try this recipe in your kitchen.
Thanks for reading.

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