I first had these puri’s at my friends place. There was just a delicate hint of mint in these soft, yummy puris. I was used to having just the plain puris so this was a novelty to me. I remember my friends younger brother kept calling these ‘Colgate puri’s’  :) We all had a good time over these and I remember going home and praising them to the skies to my mom,till she rolled her eyes and said she would take down the recipe from my friends mom. I dont make these often at home but when I saw the Herb mania event I thought I would share the recipe with you all.

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup finely cut mint leaves
1 and half tsp dhaniya-jeera powder
2 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp red chilli powder
salt to taste
water and oil as required for kneading
oil for deep frying

Method:

Sift the flour and add all ingredients except water and oil. Mix well by hand.

Knead the flour using water and oil alternately till it comes together as a semi soft ball.

From this stage use oil alone for kneading as you need a stiff dough for puris.

Divide into small balls.

Heat oil in a kadhai over medium high heat.Take 1 ball and roll it into approximately 5 inch circle.If the dough is kneaded perfectly,you should be able to roll it without the use of any flour. Incase you cant, you can flour the surface and roll the dough.

Slip the flattened circle gently into the hot oil.It should puff up.Fry the other side too and drain them on a paper towel.

Do the same for the remaining puris.Serve hot.

PS: I am sending this to Ammalu’s kitchen for the ‘Herb Mania’ event.