Mixed green puri with potato cannelloni bean curry

I have a colleague from central India and she makes some amazing puri and roti. Always so soft and delicious at lunch time.

      The other day she got some spinach puri for lunch and they were pretty yummy. So took a chance to make them on my husband's bday.

Mixed green puri ( deep fried wheat bread with mixed greens)

Ingredients:

1. 3 cups wheat flour

2. 1 cup packed mixed green from a can of mixed greens

3.1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt

4. 1/2 tablespoon +oil for deep frying

Grind the mixed greens to a smooth paste. Add salt and the paste to the flor and 1/2 tablespoon oil and form into dough. Add little water at a time and make it into dough. Let it rest for 10-20 minutes.

Divide into 12-15 parts and roll into 4-6 inch diameter disks and deep fry. Enjoy

Potato and cannelloni bean curry

Ingredients

0. 1 medium small onion chopped fine

1. 2 medium large potatoes peeled and cubed small

2. 1 cup canned cannelloni beans

3. 1 tablespoon oil

4. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, fennel seeds, methi seeds, salt, chili power , turmeric.

In a pan heat the oil and add cumin, fennel and methi seeds and let them splutter...1-2 minutes. Add onions and fry for 5-7 minutes. Add potatoes and all the other ingredients except beans. Add a cup of water and cover and cook for 15 minutes.

Add beans and mix well. Add some water if neede. Cover and cook for 10 more minutes. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy with puri

Mixed veg curry for poori

After along time I made poori but this time I made it using the pillsbury mixed grain wheat flour. And frankly I expected them to come out hard and not so good. But they turned out nice and all airy

I made a mixed vegetable curry to go with it instead of the regular aloo Chana , all yummy and nutritious

Mixed vegetable curry

Mixed Veg curry for Poori

Ingredients
1. 1 large potato cut into 1 inch cubes
2. 1 large carrot cut into cubes
3. Half bunch or about 2 cups packed fresh spinach
4. 1/2 cup peas
5. 1/2 cup chopped onions
6.1 tablespoon oil
7.1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, chilly powder, turmeric, ginger garlic paste
8. 3/4 teaspoon salt

In a pan heat the oil and add cumin and fry till they start spluttering. Add onions and fry till they start turning brown. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. Add the rest of the ingredients stir to combine cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add 1/2 cup water and simmer for 5 more minutes. Garnish with cilantro and serve with roti or poori