Dal Puri
Puffy fried breads stuffed with a spiced chana dal filling — a Dhaka roadside favourite.
Prep
40 min
Cook
30 min
Total
70 min
Serves
6
Per serving
358 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Knead the plain flour, half the salt, two tablespoons of vegetable oil and the water into a soft dough; rest 20 minutes.
Step 2: Mash the boiled chana dal with the onion, cumin powder, chilli powder, ground turmeric and remaining salt into a dry filling.
Step 3: Stuff a ball of filling into each dough ball, seal and roll gently into a flat round.
Step 4: Deep-fry the puris one at a time in the remaining oil until puffed and golden.
Ingredients
Quantities update automatically for 6 servings.
- 300 gPlain flour
- 160 mlWater
- 120 gChana dal — soaked 2 hours and boiled until soft
- 1 tspCumin powder
- ½ tspChilli powder
- ¼ tspGround turmeric
- 1 wholeOnion — finely chopped
- 1 ½ tspSalt
- 60 mlVegetable oil — absorbed amount; use extra oil for deep frying
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 358 kcal
- Protein
- 9.9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 53 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Saturated fat
- 1.5 g
- Fibre
- 5.4 g
- Sugar
- 3.5 g
- Sodium
- 492 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.