Banana - Jaggery Wheat Poori

Banana Jaggery Poori is a fried dish and you can have them for breakfast and as snack. 

Mangalore buns world famous and is normally prepared using maida (All purpose flour) and sugar with cooking soda.
Lets see some benefits of using coconut oil in our diet.
Coconut oil is loaded with health benefits. It is good for digestion and immunity against infections and diseases. It is good for skin care, hair care and prevents diseases like premature aging because of it antioxidant properties. It also helps to treat dermatitis, eczema and other skin infections
It helps to prevent wrinkles, dragging skin and skin dryness. It helps to reduce the protein loss in the hair and nourishes the hair. Coconut oil helps to improve the bone health. Strengthen the immune system. It is also good for healing damaged tissues and infections.
Here I have used wheat flour instead of maida and used jaggery/joni bella as we call it. You don't need to keep the dough for resting. You can prepare the poories as soon as you prepare the dough.
These sweet poories are good to take it for outings, for kids snack box and even kids parties.

Things Needed : 

Wheat flour : 2 Cups
Ghee : 1 Teaspoon
Bananas : 2 to 3
Jaggery : 2 to 3 Tablespoons
Cooking Soda/Bicarbonate soda : A pinch
Curd/Yogurt : 1 Tablespoon
Salt : A pinch
Oil : To fry. : 1 Cup

Method :

1. Smash banana nicely. Add jaggery and curd. Mix all the ingredients nicely.
2. Now add wheat flour,salt and a teaspoon of ghee. Mix it nicely.

3. Add cooking soda to the dough and mix it well. Divide the dough into small portion.
4. Keep oil for frying. Let it heat.
5. Roll or pat the small portion on your pal. ( As small poories)

6. Fry them one by one on both side (Medium heat).
7. Remove it from oil and put them on the kitchen towel. (Let all the extra oil absorb by tissue).

8. Repeat the same with remaining dough.

9. Serve with a cup of coffee or tea.

Note : 

Do not add any water to the dough. The dough should be thick. Add little more wheat flour if the dough turns soft and saggy. Apply little oil to the palm and pat the dough on the palm. Adding more jaggery is optional. You can powder jaggery and then mix it with banana and curd to turn soft and nice mixture. Use of any cooking oil is optional. (Coconut, sunflower, groundnuts etc).
Time : 30 Minutes.
20 Small pooris can be prepared. (According to the size). 

Carrot Poori

Carrot Poori is a fried dish. This is another version of our Mangalore buns. Mangalore buns are very famous in Udupi, Mangalore and Malnaadu places. This poori can be prepared immediately just after mixing the flour.

Carrot Sweet poori can be eaten for breakfast, as snack or even for dinner. It is easy and quick to prepare and it does not take (absorb) much oil.

Lets see some benefits of having curd (yogurt) in our diet.
Curd is one of the important part of Indian diet. It has a number of health and nutritional benefits. Eating curd every day helps our body system cool. It improves our digestive system and helps to get rid of stomach problems. It boosts our digestion. It is high in calcium and protein. It works as an energy booster. It works as an antioxidant. Curd is stress buster and increases immunity. It is also good for hair and skin.
Carrot Poori is good to pack for school kids as sanck, traveling, ladies get together, kitty parties even Navaratri prasadam. (Prepare smaller pooris to give it to kids who visits to see the dolls kept at home).

Things Needed :

Wheat flour : 1 Cup
Maida : 1 Cup 
Carrots : 2
Banana : 1
Curd : a small cup
Ghee : 1 Teaspoon
Jeera/Cumin Seeds : 1/2 Teaspoon
Cooking soda : a pinch (optional)
Salt : a little
Oil : 1 Cup (to fry)

Method : 

1. Wash and scrape out the carrot outer skin, wash it again and grate it.

2. Take a big bowl. Add grated carrots, banana, ghee, jeera/cumin seeds and salt.
3. Add a small cup of curd and smash banana and mix all the ingredients nicely.
4. Add maida/plain flour, wheat flour and prepare the dough. ( Do not add any water ).

5. Allow the dough to rest for  5 minutes.
6. Kneed the dough well and divide it into small ball size. Just roll them as round and  keep it aside.
8. Keep oil for heating on the fire. Keep a spoon of oil separately in small plate.
9.. Now take a ball size dough and dip in the oil (which is kept in a small plate and roll poori.

10. Arrange the rolled pooris in a plate. Fry them in hot oil on both sides and remove it from oil and put it on a kitchen tissue.

11. It helps to absorb extra oil. Repeat the same with remaining dough and prepare pooris.

12. Serve Carrot, Sweet Pooris with chutney or any other curry you have prepared.

Note : 

Use of cooking soda is optional. I have not used it. Curd helps the dough to be soft. Adding sugar is optional. Adding sugar adds to the taste. If you feel the dough is too watery use little wheat flour and bring it to needed poori dough consistency. You can use dry wheat flour instead of oil to dip before rolling the poori. Use of oil helps the frying oil to be clean. Use of more banana is optional. (It takes more flour. You can use only wheat flour instead of adding maida. (Plain flour).
Time : 30 Minutes.
Serves : 3 to 5  ( 20 small porris can be prepared).

Banana -Wheat -Curd Poori

Ready to Serve Hot Banana Wheat  Curd Poori and Khara Poori

Banana Wheat Curd Poori is a fried dish. We can have this banana wheat curd poori for breakfast, as snack or for dinner too. Ripe banans are smashed with curd and sugar and mixed it well. Wheat flour is mixed with this banana mixture and prepared the dough. It is one of the quick dish you can prepare when you have surprise visitor. ( suddenly arriving guests).
Anyways it is a try. I used wheat flour instead of maida and a spoon of rice flour to give the crispy layer.
Lets get into the recipe now.

Things Needed :

Ripe Bananas : 2 (Small ones)
Sugar : 2 to 3 Table spoons
Curd : 2 Table spoons
Wheat flour : 2 to 3 Table spoons.
Rice flour : 1 Table spoon
Salt : to taste
Ghee : 1 Table spoon
Oil :To fry

Method :

1. Mix sugar, banana, little salt and curd nicely they get soft and sugar mixes well with curd.

2. Now add wheat flour, rice flour and ghee. Mix it well and prepare thick dough.

3.Divide the dough into small balls.

4. Keep oil on the fire for frying.

5. Roll the small size of ball into small circle.(poori)

6. Fry them in hot oil on both sides.

7. Put it on a kitchen tissue. Let it absorb the extra oil.

8. Serve Hot Banana Poori with the side dish you prepared.

Note : 

Do not use lot of ghee while mixing. I table spoon is more than enough. Do not add much curd too. It may take more flour. Adding more or less sugar is optional. Do not add any water. These pooris will stay for two days without fungus. Hot pooris are best to enjoy. Any type of dal and coconut chutney is a good combination to enjoy these pooris.
Time : 30 Minutes
Serves : 3 to 4.

Rava - Banana Poori

Ready to Serve Rava -Banana Pooris.

Rava - Banana Pooris can be eaten for breakfast, as snack or for dinner. Banana Pooris are done with Chiroti Rava, wheat flour and  banans. We Mangalorians love Buns that is normally prepared using Maida (All purpose flour) and sugar. Rava is Semolina.
Now a days people have become very very conscious. Many hesitate to eat food items prepared using maida. On the other side people are addicted to fast food which is harming the their lives. One must give little concern and avoid eating these items at least very often.Reduce it if you addicted to these fast food. Try out home made food and surely you will know the difference.
I have tried to prepare pooris using Chiroti Rava (small size semolina), bananas, little curd. No sugar or any sweet is added to this poori. The banana adds sweet to the poori and a mild taste of sweet really nice. You don't have to keep the dough for some time to rest. After mixing straight away you can prepare them.
Eating oily food is not a healthy habit though every one love to eat friend items. I am such one person and will be looking for a chance to grab. By good exercise you can burn out the extra weight.

Things needed :

Wheat flour : 2 Cups
Chiroti Rava ( Thin sized Semolina ) : 1 Cup
Banana : Ripen : 2 (Used small elakki bananas)
Curd : 2 Table spoons.
Ghee : 1 Tea spoon
Oil : 1 cup
Salt : a little

Method :

1. Take a big bowl and put curd and banana. Smash them nicely with the help of hand.

2. Add wheat flour, salt, chiroti rava, a spoon of ghee. Mix it and prepare dough. ( Do not add any water).

3. Keep a small pan on the fire. Put oil and heat.
4. Divide the ready poori dough in to small balls. Roll them as small pooris.

5. Fry them on medium flame on both side.

6. Remove from the oil and put it on a kitchen tissue. (It helps to absorb extra oil).

  7. Repeat the same and prepare pooris with the rest of the dough.

8. Serve them with the side dish you have prepared.
9.Hot pooris are very nice to have. We had it with Cucumber coconut curry and coconut mango Chutney.

Note :

Do not keep the dough for resting. It might absorb more oil. No need to add any cooking soda while preparing. You can add more bananas to give little more sweetness to the poori. Do not add more ghee while preparing the dough. It is easy and good for kids snack box and you can also take them when you go for long journey. Adding little salt adds to the taste.
Time : 30 minutes
Serves : 4.