Name: Broad Bean Stuffed Puris
Yield: Makes 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 g/3½ oz/scant 1 cup frozen broad/fava beans; 200 g/7 oz/scant 2 cups chapati flour (atta), plus extra for dusting; 2 tsp vegetable oil, plus extra for cooking; 3½ tsp salt; 80–100 ml/3–3½ fl oz/⅓–scant ½ cup water; ½ tsp amchur/mango powder; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp garam masala; 2.5 cm/1 in piece of fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped; juice of ½ lemon; 1 green chilli, finely chopped

Preparation info

Makes
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Meat Free Mowgli

By Nisha Katona

Published 2022

About

These are not an everyday bread – we eat puris when we want a treat. They are the breads of celebration in my family, cooked up for parties and puja festivals. A spiced broad/fava bean filling gives them an extra layer of deliciousness. Traditionally fried in ghee, I’ve used vegetable oil for convenience, as well as frozen beans (by all means, substitute freshly podded beans when they are in season, if you have the time to prepare them). Enjoy these stuffed puris as an alternative to