Keema-puri (কিমা-পুরি)

Ingredients:
For stuffing:

1. Any kind of ground meat (chicken, beef, mutton) - 1/2 cup
2. Onion (chopped)- 1/4 cup
3. Green chili (chopped)- 1 Tbs or to your taste
4. Turmeric powder-1/2 ts
5. Cumin Powder-1/2 ts
6. Garam mashala powder-1/2 ts
7. Ginger paste-1/2 ts
8. Garlic paste-1/2 ts
9. Coriander leaves-2 ts chopped(optional)
10. Oil-1 Tbs
11. Salt-1/2 ts or according to your taste

For Dough :

1. Flour - 1 cup
2. Oil/ ghee/ clarified butter - 2 Tbs
3. Salt - 1/4 ts
4. Warm water (to make a nice dough)

For Frying :

1. Oil - to deep fry your puri

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a pan. Add onion and stir until tender. Add ginger paste, garlic paste, turmeric powder, cumin powder, salt, green chili, and fry them for few seconds. Then add keema and stir. Add little bit water and cover the pan. Cook until keema become tender. After that  uncover the lid and dry up the excess water from keema.
2. Then remove it  from the pan and place it on a kitchen tissue/paper towel to soak extra oil. Keep it aside to cool down.

3. Take the flour in a mixing bowl, add salt and oil in it, and mix it well so that oil can incorporate into the flour. Then carefully add the warm water and knead it. Knead the dough well until it become soft.
4. Now divide the dough into several small balls. Take one balls, make this a little cup, place keema in the middle of the cup and carefully gather all the side in the middle by covering all the keema and press the middle to close the ball. (you can follow the steps from the picture). Make all the balls stuffed with keema.

5. Take one stuffed balls in a plain surface and gently press it with the lower side of your hand's palm. Try to press evenly on all over it to make a 1 cm thick puri. Make all the stuffed balls like this and set them aside.

6. Now heat the oil in a pan. When oil is heated enough, carefully add one puri into it and gently move it in the oil. When puri puffs up carefully flip it and fry the both side until a nice golden brown color comes out.
   
   Then take it out on a paper towel to soak the excess oil. Fry the rest of the puri like this.
7. After frying all the puri, serve it hot with any kind of chutney or ketchup.

Dal Puri(ডালপুরি)

রেসিপিটি বাংলায় দেখতে এইখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Ingredients:

For stuffing:

1. Masoor dal - 1/4 cup
2. Turmeric powder - 1/4 ts
3. Cumin powder - 1/4 ts
4. Red chili powder/ Crushed red pepper - 1 ts or to taste
   
5. Oil - 1/2 Tbs
6. Salt - 1/4 ts or to taste
7. Onion (chopped) - 1 Tbs

For dough:

1. Flour - 1 cup
2. Oil - 2 Tbs
3. Salt - 1/4 ts or to taste
4. Warm water
   

For frying:

1. Oil - For deep fry
   

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a pan to a medium heat.
2. Add onion and fry until tender. Add all the remaining stuffing ingredients into the oil and fry a little bit.
3. Add approximately 1 cup water.
4. Cook until all liquid evaporated . Try to remove moisture from it. Remove from the pan and set aside.
   
   
5. Mix flour and salt in a bowl.
6. Add oil to the flour and mix it well so that oil is incorporated into the mix.
7. Slowly add warm water and knead it well to form dough.
   
   
   
8. Divide the dough in small sized balls.
9. Press the ball to make a small flat circle. Try to keep the centre part thicker than the border.
10. Take stuffing at a amount of little less than half the ball size.
    
11. Place the stuffing on the center of the circle. Fold the dough around the stuffing completely enclosing it and pinch the ball end together.
    
12. Dip the ball in the dry flour and spread it slowly by a rolling pin. Do not make it too thin. Now we have the Dal Puri.
    
    
13. Heat the frying oil to a medium high heat and put the puri into hot oil carefully. Gently keep pressing down with a spoon until it puffs up, then flip the other side. Fry it until nice golden color comes out. Remove it onto a paper towel to soak extra oil.
14. Enjoy the Dal Puri with sauce.