Indori Palak Poori is one of the popular dishes from Madhya Pradesh. These Puris are made with spinach puree and spices in atta and deep fried.
When I was making my A to Z Indian Flatbread list, this was one of the earliest entries listed as I had this recipe noted out long back. While I have a couple of pooris made with spinach, I still wanted to go ahead with this recipe as this seems to be an authentic version, plus the fact I got such a lovely hue to the pooris that I really wanted to share.
I had made this for dinner many months earlier. In fact, this was one of those handfuls of dishes that got done for this marathon early on. I made this for a weekday dinner and as I knew it was going to be stressful. I somehow convinced my boys that they got to eat this. And seeing my enthusiasm for making and clicking, Hubby dear was so impressed. He said I will go any length to make a dish for the blog. That's one of the biggest compliments I take.
Once everybody had their dinner, I made sure my pooris puff up and had the whole setup ready. With pooris, its a straight to the click and back. Else the pooris fall down and I wasn't ready to use ghee for deep frying to ensure they remain puffed up. I was totally impressed with the clicks and the taste later on!
So it is Indori Palak Ki Puri for I in the A to Z Flatbread and more, where I am making AtoZ Indian Flatbread. If you are keen to know what's for I in the AtoZ Dosa Varieties, you must head over there to read about the interesting dish I made.
Other Palak Puris where I made a mini version of Palak Puri and a version of Palak Poori made with homegrown palak.
A to Z Indian Flatbreads:
A for Angakar Roti
B for Bedai Poori
C Choorie Ka Parantha
D for Dhapate
E for Ellu Holige
F for Farali Poori
G for Girda
H for Hariyali Paratha
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Step By Step Pictures for making Indori Palak Ki Puri
Indori Palak Ki Puri | Spinach Poori from Madhya Pradesh
Ingredients Needed:
2 cups All Purpose Flour
2 tbsp Ghee
1 cup Spinach fresh, chopped
1 inch Ginger
5 to 6 Green Chillis
1/2 tbsp Cumin Seeds crushed coarsely
2 tbsp Curds Plain yogurt
Salt to Taste
Cooking Oil for deep frying
How to make Indori Puri Palak Ki
Wash, chop roughly. Take it in a microwave bowl with about 2 to 3 tbsp water. Microwave for 4 to 5 mins. Let it cool down.
Grind ginger and green chillies to a fine paste.
Transfer the spinach paste to a bowl, add salt, ginger green chilies paste, crushed cumin seeds, curds, and ghee.
Add flour little by little and mix with the paste.
Add flour and knead till you get a tight dough.
Pinch out small equal balls and dust with flour before rolling out to 4 to 5 inch diameter.
Heat a kadai with oil and when oil, deep fry the pooris with slotted spoons.
Serve with Aloo Sabzi
Indori Palak Ki Puri | Spinach Poori from Madhya Pradesh
Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 1 cup Spinach fresh chopped
- 1 inch Ginger
- 5 to 6 Green Chillis
- 1/2 tbsp Cumin seeds crushed coarsely
- 2 tbsp Curds /Yogurt
- Salt to taste
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Wash, chop roughly. Take it in a microwave bowl with about 2 to 3 tbsp water. Microwave for 4 to 5 mins. Let it cool down.
- Grind ginger and green chillies to a fine paste.
- Transfer the spinach paste to a bowl, add salt, ginger green chilies paste, crushed cumin seeds, curds, and ghee.
- Add flour little by little and mix with the paste.
- Add flour and knead till you get a tight dough.
- Pinch out small equal balls and dust with flour before rolling out to 4 to 5 inch diameter.
- Heat a kadai with oil and when oil, deep fry the pooris with slotted spoons.
- Serve with Aloo Sabzi
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vaishalisabnani says
Indori Palak Pooris look absolutely stunning with that green hue . Beautifully puffed these are a treat to be enjoyed by them selves or even with a curry .
I agree a puffed Poori needs to be clicked right away else the result is a flat one ! And must say you have got a perfect beautiful click !
Priya Suresh says
How puffy and catchy those puris looks, they are just prefect to tempt anyone. I love puffy pooris very much though am keeping myself away from deep frying in recent days. You are tempting me with those super puffy pooris.
Sowmya:) says
The pooris are absolutely droolworthy with such a beautiful colour. And I can relate to the feeling of a good dish and good photo for the blog...makes us feel so happy! Awesome pictures...super tempting
harini says
Beautiful puffed up puris Valli. When I made them, I think I used wheat flour. instead of maida.
gayathriraani says
Love the vibrant colour of the pooris and they are so puffed up and beautiful. I used to make this for Sruti when she was a kid, but didn't know that this is an authentic dish from Indore..
mayurisjikoni says
I'm totally floored by the beautiful brilliant green colour of the palak puris. What a welcoming meal it makes.
Annapurnaz says
Who can resist those puffy puris... at least not me. I can easily gobble up 3-4 pooris with some side dish or not...Lovely color of pooris make them more alluring
Renu Agrawal Dongre says
Lovely vibrant colour of the pooris. Just feeling to grab one straight from the plate.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
My son loves spinach and he love poori. He will love this poori for sure. Looks so awesome and that color is brilliant.
Padmajha PJ says
Nice puffy poori and they are tricky to capture! I made this for regional BM and everyone enjoyed it. Compliments from family members do give us a great boost na!
Simply Tadka says
This bread looks so tasty and healthy and perfect pick with I , Same i choose Indori breads.
code2cook says
awesome you know yours indori palak ki puri is the inspiration behind my Indori sev paratha. When you posted I searched indori recipes and then found sev paratha. puris looking so tempting.