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    Onion Masala Poori ~ A to Z Indian Pooris

    Published: Jun 12, 2020 · Modified: Sep 23, 2020 by Srivalli · 6 Comments

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    Onion Masala Poori is a deep-fried bread made with all-purpose flour stuffed with spicy onion and spices filling. These Onion Pooris are heavy and a filling bread on its own, and you don't have to make any side dish for this.

    When it was the turn of thinking of a poori with O, I was literally wondering what to make as there are not many choices for this alphabet.

    I had the only option of making something with onions and I thought I could search the internet for ideas.

    It led me to this recipe and I decided to make it for myself. Both Moong dal Poori and Onion Masala Pooris were made for Sunday Breakfast and I was full when I sat down for my breakfast.

    My Sunday meals were these pooris for both breakfast and lunch. I felt I could've reduced the spice a bit in these onion masala pooris. Otherwise, these tasted great.

    These pooris are more like Luchis stuffed with onion masala. With this, the alphabets planned for this month ends.

    Onion Masala Poori

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    How to make Onion Masala Poori

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    Stuffed Onion Poori

    Ingredients Used in making Onion Masala Poori

    We make the pooris with All Purpose flour or Maida stuffed with onion cooked in masala.

    The masala is quite heavy as it uses whole fennel, onion seeds, tej along with spice powders.

    If I plan to make these pooris again, I would surely reduce the spice levels used in this recipe and most importantly would use crushed fennel seeds instead of whole ones.

    As with all stuffed pooris, we got to be really careful with stuffing as the filling has a chance of leaking out of the poori.
    The pooris are heavy, so you got to be making sure you balance this dish.

    Serving Instructions

    If you are particular to serve a side dish, then a simple moong dal would be an apt side dish or best would just plain Dahi.
    I found the pooris very good on its own. So on the days, you want to just make bread, you can make this for a filling meal.

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    Onion Masala Poori ~ A to Z Indian Pooris

    Onion Masala Poori is a deep fried Indian Bread made with all purpose flour stuffed with a spicy filling of onion cooked in spices. This is a heavy filling bread on its own, and you don't have to make any side dish for this.
    Course Breakfast, Dinner
    Cuisine North Indian
    Keyword AtoZ Puri Recipes
    By Cook Method Deep Fried
    Occasion Weekend Special
    By Diet Kid Friendly, Vegetarian
    Dish Type Deep Fried Dishes, Indian Flatbread, Poori Recipes
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Total Time 45 minutes
    Servings 12 numbers
    Author Srivalli

    Ingredients

    For the Dough

    • 2 cups All Purpose Flour / Maida
    • 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
    • Salt to taste
    • Water as required
    • Cooking Oil for deep frying

    For Stuffing

    • 1 cup Onions finely chopped
    • 2 tsp Cooking Oil
    • 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Saunf
    • 1/2 tsp Kalonji / Black Seeds
    • 1 Bay Leaf
    • 2 Green Chillies
    • 2 tsp Besan / Gram Flour
    • 1 tsp Coriander Powder
    • 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
    • 1 tsp Garam Masala
    • Salt to taste
    • 2 tbsp Coriander Leaves finely chopped

    Instructions

    How to make Onion Masala Poori

      For the Dough

      • Take the ingredients in a bowl, mix the ingredients. Slowly add water and make a stiff dough. Keep it under a wet cloth for 10 - 15 minutes.

      For Stuffing

      • Heat cooking oil in a nonstick pan, add fennel seeds, kalonji, bay leaf. Stir for 30 seconds.
      • Add chopped onion and green chili. Saute for 9 - 10 minutes in medium flame till onions are light brown.
      • Now, besan, coriander powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder and salt. Mix well and cook for another 5 - 6 minutes, till nice aroma comes from the besan.
      • Turn off the heat and add coriander leaves, mix well and keep it aside to cool for 10 minutes.

      For assembling the Poori

      • Discard the bay leaf and divide the filling into 12 equal portions.
      • Take the dough and knead again for 2 - 3 minutes.
      • Divide the dough into 12 equal portions and roll them into balls.
      • Flatten each ball on the sides with center thick, place the filling in the center and enclose on all sides and seal tightly.
      • Dust the balls with flour and gently press down. Using a rolling pin, gently roll out to a 4 to 5 inch.
      • Continue with all the balls.
      • Heat the kadai with cooking oil, when hot gently slide the pooris and press on top, once it puffs up, flip to the other side and cook.
      • Drain to a kitchen towel and continue frying all the pooris.
      • Serve with dal or enjoy on its own.
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      This was part of the AtoZ series I did on Indian Pooris, for the entire collection of A to Z Indian Pooris, check the roundup.

      If you are looking for different options for Indian Breakfast and feel adventurous about making it in alphabets, do see the roundup of A to Z Indian Breakfast dishes.

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      1. Suma Gandlur says

        June 12, 2020 at 5:28 am

        Wow, Valli. I am amazed at the variety of spicy pooris you are coming up for this marathon. These must be some flavor filled ones.

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      2. Selfkitchen4u says

        June 13, 2020 at 2:12 am

        Hi! I love your Onion Masala Poori recipe, it's sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing this post I appreciate your great effort in bringing all the tips together in the single post.

        Reply
      3. Rajani says

        June 15, 2020 at 11:11 pm

        Quite a nice spicy poori you have there! I think it would pair well with a simple raita too.

        Reply
      4. Pavani says

        June 16, 2020 at 8:06 am

        Very interesting poori recipe - almost like a kachori but slightly different. Love that filling with onions. My husband will love these. Will have to try some time.

        Reply
      5. Sushma Pinjala says

        June 22, 2020 at 11:26 pm

        Wow very nice and interesting poori. Love the onion filling.

        Reply
      6. Harini Rupanagudi says

        July 09, 2020 at 9:50 pm

        Wow! yet another spicy and flavorful poori in this series. Good going Valli.

        Reply

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