Coconut Puri

Ingredients:

• For Dough:
• 2 cups maida (all-purpose) flour
• 1 cup wheat flour
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• For filling:
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 cup finely grated coconut
• 1/2 cup gram flour
• 8-10 sprigs curry leaves
• ginger, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• a pinch of asafetida
• 4 green chilies, chopped
• 2 tbsp oil

Method:

• Mix maida, wheat flour, salt, oil with enough water to make a firm dough.
• Heat oil in a pan, season with mustard seeds and asafetida.
• When mustard splutters, add green chilies, ginger, curry leaves and fry for few minutes.
• Then add coconut, gram flour and fry till roasted. Allow it to cool.
• Also add salt, chili powder, little water and mix well.
• Make into small balls.
• Make larger balls of the dough, fill them with the coconut gram flour balls and flatten them.
• Gently roll them out into small puris.
• (Be careful that the filling does not come out).
• Deep fry in hot oil and serve hot with any chutney.