Pholourie is a fried spiced snack made from a mix of all purpose flour and gram flour, very popular in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname. This was original brought from the Indians settled here many years ago.
In the theme I was cooking on Adapted cuisines, I also wanted to cover something on Indian cuisine adapted in other countries and this pholourie was so apt. I have been wanting to make it for so long and finally so happy that I could make this and enjoyed a hearty snack over the weekend.
I was inspired by this recipe, though there are so many versions found on net! I really enjoyed this theme and hope to have this again to cover so many other cuisines.
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Pholourie
Ingredients Needed:
1 cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Besan / Gram Flour
Salt to taste
1 tsp Sambar Powder / Curry powder
1/2 tsp Instant yeast
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
Water as required to make a batter
Cooking Oil for deep frying
In a bowl, mix all ingredients together to make a smooth batter. Let it rest for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a Kadai, when the oil is hot using spoon drop batter into the oil and fry till brown on all sides.
Drain on a kitchen towel and serve hot with ketchup.
Pholourie
Ingredients
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Besan / Gram Flour
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Sambar powder / Curry powder
- 1/2 tsp Instant Yeast
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- Water as required to make a batter
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix all ingredients together to make a smooth batter. Let it rest for 30 minutes.
- Heat oil in a Kadai, when the oil is hot using spoon drop batter into the oil and fry till brown on all sides.
- Drain on a kitchen towel and serve hot with ketchup.
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usha says
I totally enjoyed pholourie when I made it few months ago for Caribbean theme, Valli. A good choice for adapted cuisine.
Mireille Roc (@ChefMireille) says
I have been making and eating this my whole life but we never used yeast in it. Everybody I knew always made it with just baking powder. Your variation sounds interesting to try
Priya Suresh says
Pholourie is definitely a quick and prefect tea time snack to munch. Addition of yeast sounds interesting, now am tempted to make some.
Sandhiya says
That's interesting to know about the indian dish adapted in other countries. Pholourie sounds so simple to make and it would be delicious with cup of tea !!!
sapana says
Wow, the sambhar powder has kicked in some amazing flavors in the snack. Sounds like a good tea time snack.
Pavani says
Sambar powder sounds like a delicious addition to these fritters. They look soooo fluffy, airy and sooo addictive. Great tea time snack.
vaishalisabnani says
Sounds interesting and I bet a treat ! Any fried food tastes awesome , and curry powder must be enhancing the flavour .
Jayanthi says
Wow these look awesome like our bajii. Nice dish and learnt some new recipe.
Jayashree says
Sounds like a combination of bajji and bonda. Looks perfectly crisp and inviting.
Harini says
Interesting variation to our bondas. Did you observe if these absorbed more oil than usual, Valli?
Srivalli says
I felt it wasn't very oily Harini..:)
Padmajha PJ says
I remembered making a similar sounding dish from Sikkim.I went back and checked but it was a bit different! These fried balls looks like a nice pair with coffee!
sushma says
Perfect snack for the rainy season, looks yummy
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Love the fluffy pholourie. It is interesting to see all the Indian influenced dishes from other countries. We are all about food right? We leave a mark wherever we go!
Priya Srinivasan says
such simple everyday ingredients and so close to our cuisine! pholourie looks so fluffy! perfect evening snack, i would love to relish thsi with a hot cup of coffee!!!
mayurisjikoni says
I'd come across the recipe of pholourie when I did the Caribbean cuisine. Its still on my to do list. Its so resembles the bhajis we make in India.