Banana Puri Recipe | Khaja Recipe

No! this isn’t made from bananas and I don’t know why it’s called banana puri. There is no banana neither it’s shape (yeah some people roll them elongated to resemble banana though) but it has nothing to do with banana anyway. They are also called ‘khaja’ again for some unknown reasons lol.

Banana Puri Recipe:

So, here are the ingredients you require to make these scrumptious puris:

2 cups all purpose flour (maida)

1/2 cup melted ghee

1/2 cup cold milk

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder

A pinch of saffron

A pinch of salt

Water if required for kneading

Oil for deep frying

Some dry flour and oil to roll and stick the sheets

Powdered sugar or sugar syrup as required

Method:

Mix flour, baking powder and salt and sift in a bowl. Sprinkle cardamom powder and saffron.

Break eggs in a small bowl and add beaten eggs and ghee (at room temperature) to the flour and knead well with the help of milk. If required, you can use water but not more than 1 tablespoon at a time.

When you get a smooth dough, divide it into golf ball size portions and roll out very thin sheets.

Take one sheet on the rolling surface and apply some oil then sprinkle a pinch of dry flour and stick another sheet. Stick 5-7 sheets at a time then flatten with the help of rolling pin and start folding in to make a roll and cut into one inch thick discs.

Now gently roll out these discs either into a circle or into elongated banana shape.

Deep fry these puris and either dip in sugar syrup or if you don’t want them to be too sweet just sprinkle some powdered sugar. Don’t forget to add cardamom powder to your sugar in any form.

You can store them in a jar for 2 weeks.

PHOTO COURTESY: Ash JK