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Bathua matar poori



Ingredients

One small cup of Bathua.
1 pinch of Sugar for cooking bathua
1 pinch of salt  for cooking bathua
1 tsp milk for cooking bathua

1 cup green peas
3 green chillis
1 inch ginger
1 tsp bhuna jeera powder
1/4 th tsp red chilli powder
1/4th tsp garam masala
1/4th tsp dhania powder
1/2 tsp chat masala
1 tsp amchoor powder
1 tbs oil.
Oil for frying
2 cups wheat flour
Salt to taste


Method

1. Wash one small cup of bathua. Boil bathua with a tsp of milk and a pinch of salt and sugar and some water. Cook till it turns soft.
2.  Strain and let it cool.
3. Add peas, ginger, bathua, green chillis and coarsely grind it in a mixer at room temperature.
4.  Take wheat flour in a paraat. Add all masalas. Add 1 tbsp oil.
5. Add the peas bathua mixture and knead it with the mixture only. 
*Adjust the consistency of flour with water or more flour as required.
6. Make a poori dough.
7. Roll out the pooris and fry.
8. Enjoy them hot as a snack with pickles and aloo ki sabji


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