Fried Turmeric Flatbread

Haldar Puri

Preparation info
  • Makes

    20

    puris
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
We Are La Cocina

By Leticia Landa and Caleb Zigas

Published 2019

  • About

“Puri is one of the most versatile Indian breads. The addition of spices in the dough and the frying elevates it from an everyday flatbread to something equal parts homey Sunday morning meal and fancy side for a holiday meal. Unlike other Indian flatbreads, it also holds well at room temperature, making it an Indian’s travel food of choice. Indians often make puri rolls, slathering a fresh puri with some pickle, batata nu shaak, or eggs and rolling them up. These rolls show up in school lun