Farali Poori or Fasting Pooris made with Rajgira Atta is a popular dish made during fasting season in North Indian. These Vrat dishes are rightly balanced to manage through the fasting period.
While different grains are used to make Vrat Dishes, I used Rajgira Atta to make Pooris. Since its Gluten free grain, I used boiled Potatoes to bind the flour, spice with extra spice powders to make an interesting dish.
You can make this Vegan too by not adding the ghee to the dough or frying it in regular Cooking oil instead of ghee.
This is one of the popular dishes that are perfect for Navrathri fasting, this gluten free and protein rich grain makes a wholesome meal. So when you are looking for Upvas Dishes, you can make this easier.
Kneading and rolling out the dough is slightly time consuming as its gluten free, the mashed potato will surely help. I added spices to the dough and made pooris. I remembered these pooris when I had made dishes from Maharashtra, however when I checked these Farali Pooris are common across the different North Indian States.
When I was searching for Indian Flatbread starting with F, there was no choice at all, except Fulkas and Frankie, both of which I already have. I know Farali will be a popular keyword for the day!
So Farali Poori is my choice in the A to Z Flatbread and More, where I am doing AtoZ Indian Flatbreads. If you want to know what's F in the AtoZ Dosa Varieties, check out.
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Farali Poori | How to make Rajgira Ki Poori for Vrat
How to make Farali Poori
- Microwave 1 small potato for 3 mins. Soak in water and peel. Mash well.
- Make all the ingredients in a bowl, rub a teaspoon of ghee into the flour and potato.
- Add all the spices and mix well.
- Now slowly add water to knead to a stiff dough.
- Heat a kadai with oil.
- Pinch out small balls from the dough and dust well.
- Roll out into 4 diameter discs and deep fry the pooris on both sides.
- Serve hot with a Side dish.
Farali Poori | How to make Rajgira Ki Poori for Vrat
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rajgira Atta / Amaranth Flour
- 1/2 cup Potato Boiled and Mashed
- 1/2 tsp Green Chilli Paste
- 1/2 tsp Ginger Paste
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
- 1/ 2 tsp Red Chili Powder
- A Pinch Turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- Cooking Oil for frying
- 1 teaspoon Ghee
Instructions
- Microwave 1 small potato for 3 mins. Soak in water and peel. Mash well.
- Take all the ingredients in a bowl, rub the ghee into the flour and potato.
- Add all the spices and mix well.
- Now slowly add water to knead to a stiff dough.
- Heat a kadai with oil.
- Pinch out small balls from the dough and dust well.
- Roll out into 4 diameter discs and deep fry the pooris on both sides.
- Serve hot with Side dish.
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gayathriraani says
The addition of spices in the poori makes it definitely interesting. I have never tried making poori out of gluten free flours as I don't have the confidence. Adding potato is a nice trick to help with the rolling..
Annapurnaz says
One of the most sought after poori during navratri in my family. Delicious...
Sowmya:) says
Today is definitely farali day!! Love these pooris...adding potatoes must make it so soft and the spices would make it flavourful! Looks delicious!!
harini says
I agree Farali is the key word for the day. These puris definitely make a good meal fasting or not.
vaishalisabnani says
Ha ha ! I knew F would be Farayali so switched to Fulko :)) The pooris look very interesting with potatoes and spices , must have made an excellent meal with that Bhaji .
Priya Suresh says
Lovely pooris there, adding potatoes to Rajgira flour will definitely gives an excellent texture and softness to this pooris na.. Looks fabulous and quite a satisfying meal with some spicy curries.
mayurisjikoni says
Yes farali did come to my mind too and I would have made the puri! Love how you've added spices to the puri. One can have it on its own with tea. Adding mashed potato is a good idea.
Renu Agrawal Dongre says
Lovely Puris adding of potatoes must have given some base as well as crunch to the pooris.
Padmajha Sureshbabu says
Rightly said, it was Farali day!! I am still looking for this Rajgira flour in teh shops here just to try out these pooris.THe pooris look like they could go with a cup of coffee as well!
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
These pooris don't even need any side dish to dip into. Love all the spices in the poori. I made the rajgira poori a few backs and loved it. The potatoes add a good body and form a good binding agent for the dough.
code2cook says
yummy farali poori came out perfect, cant feel them oily. Love this aloo sabji with it, a perfect meal for fasting.
Simply Tadka says
This recipe looks so healthy and tasty.. perfect for navratri days... Great pick with F
Rexipune says
You haven't mentioned how much ghee you put while kneading. ...
Srivalli says
Thanks for letting me know. I added a teaspoon of ghee while kneading it. Have updated the post now.