Recipe: Appetizing Gujarati Farsi Puri

Gujarati Farsi Puri. Gujarati Farsi Puri recipe with step by step photo Very few ingredients needed to make this farsi puri. We will need are maida (all purpose flour), ghee, cumin seeds, coarsely ground black pepper and salt to taste. In a bowl take maida and add cumin seeds to the flour.

In old times, it was considered as exclusive snack, prepared only during festivals. This deep fried snack tastes best with sweet and sour mango pickle or tea and coffee. Meaning of farsi puri: In Gujarati language, farsi means flaky. You can cook Gujarati Farsi Puri using 7 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Gujarati Farsi Puri

1. Prepare 1 cup of Wheat Flour.
2. It's 3 tablespoons + 1/4 cup of Ghee.
3. You need 1/2 teaspoon of Salt.
4. You need 1 teaspoon of Cumin seeds.
5. It's 1 teaspoon of Black Pepper roughly crushed.
6. Prepare as needed of Cooking Oil for deep frying.
7. Prepare as needed of Water required to knead.

And this puri has flaky texture hence the name. The puri is made with maida and the preparation reminded me of chiroti. Usually I try to post during mid night but as it was Saturday, I planned on preparing the puris during day tinme and post it by noon. Farhi Puri This tasty farhi Puris are so simple to make and always delicious to eat.

Gujarati Farsi Puri instructions

1. Take 1 cup wheat flour, ghee,1/2 teaspoon salt,1 teaspoon roasted cumin, 1 teaspoon roughly crushed black pepper..
   
2. Let’s prepare the dough. Take wheat flour in a bowl. Add salt to it..
   
3. Add cumin seeds..
   
4. Add pepper..
5. Add 2 tablespoons ghee..
6. Mix completely until the flour is moist. You could hold shapes as shown with this moist dough.Could break the shaped ones easily as well. That is the preferred consistency..
7. Add required water gradually, start kneading into a smooth dough.Dough shouldn’t be sticky/ tight. Cover and rest the dough for 15 minutes..
8. Then divide the dough into 2 equal large balls..
9. Roll each ball into a medium thickness roti, brush ghee throughout..
10. Start rolling from one side to another as shown..
11. The cylindrical roll is ready. Cut into small equal sized rolls. Each small rolls will have layers. Press them gently..
12. Use a rolling pin to roll them into small discs. Discs are ready to get fried. Likewise repeat steps to prepare all the discs (puris)..
13. Use a fork to prick all over the discs before frying..
14. Heat oil /ghee in a wok for deep frying. I used oil +1/4 cup ghee. Drop the puris one by one into the hot oil. Oil bubbles immediately. Flip and fry both sides until golden and crunchy..
15. Take out the fried puris by draining excess oil. Cool the puris. Gujarati Farsi crunchy Savoury Puris are ready. Store the cooled puris in an airtight container. Enjoy..

Gujarati call it Tikhi puri or farhi puri. Below you find also video for Banana puri which is basically puff layered puris. Gujarati farsi puri recipe is a crispy and delicious melt in mouth deep-fried Indian bread. This snack tastes best with sweet and sour mango pickle or tea or coffee. It is prepared from maida, rava-semolina, black pepper, cumin seeds and other spices.