Kaddu Poori

kaddu poori

It is a popular poori from Benaras, made with pumpkin paste and served with green tomato chutney.

Ingredients

For dough

Wheat flour                               2 cups

Gram flour                                1 cup

Salt                                          to taste

Carom seeds                            1 tsp

Pumpkin paste                          1 ½ cup

Oil                                            2tsp

For chutney

Green tomatoes                        4 nos.

Salt                                          to taste

Oil                                            2 tbsp

Crushed black pepper                 to taste

Green chilli                                5 – 6 nos.

Sesame oil                                2 tbsp

Sesame seeds                          2 tbsp

Chopped ginger                         1 tbsp

For garnish

Green tomato                            1 no.

Salt                                          to taste

Crushed black pepper                to taste

Oil                                            ½ tsp

Red chilli powder                       ½ tsp

Cumin powder                           ½ tsp

Pumpkin paste                          2 tbsp

Method

To make dough

Take a bowl, add wheat flour, gram flour, salt, carom seed and mix well.

Now add pumpkin paste and mix well.

prepare dough

Add some water and oil and make dough and keep it for 10 minutes.

Heat oil in pan.

Then roll out poories and deep fry in hot oil. Remove on tissue.

fried poori

To make chutney

Chop the green tomatoes and add salt and roast on fir.

roast tomatoes

Then put them in a baking tray, add crushed black pepper, green chilli, little oil and bake for 8 – 10 minutes.

after put them on baking tray

Remove baked tomatoes from oven.

baked tomato

Then put in blender, add sesame oil, salt, sesame seeds, chopped ginger, some water and blend.

blend the chutney

Serve poories with chutney, and pumpkin paste mixed with salt and crushed black pepper.

serve poori with chutney

Garnish with sliced tomato mixed with salt and crushed black pepper.