Bengali Luchi Recipe

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Bengali Luchi
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Ingredients
5
Count
Nutrition
78
Calories
Total time
50
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 tsp ghee
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp water
  • sunflower oil (for deep frying)

Directions:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, put the flour. make a small whole in the middle, put the ghee and the salt. Mix the flour and ghee by hand for a minute or so till the ghee is fully incorporated.
  2. Add the water a little at a time, kneading the flour till a firm, smooth, pliant dough is obtained.
  3. Let the dough sit for 30 minutes.
  4. On a greased countertop, use a rolling pin to roll the dough into an even sheet about 1/4 thick, or as thin as you can handle successfully - too thin, and all kinds of things will go wrong and unlike popular belief, thin is not necessarily a pre-requisite to puffing. Use a pasta roller, if you have one.
  5. Use a 3-4 round cookie cutter to cut out as many discs of dough as possible. Knead up the remaining dough and repeat. Fancy shapes are also possible - they will all puff.
  6. In an 8 wok or round-bottom pan, put at least 3-4 of some kind of light oil (canola or sunflower). For those less concerned with calories, you can use a mixture of ghee or even all ghee.
  7. When the oil is just below smoking hot, put the discs in one at a time and use a metal slotted spoon to push down very lightly and immerse the dough in the oil. It should start puffing in seconds. The main trick to puffing is to make sure that the luchi is still substantially immersed in the hot oil when the puffing completes.
  8. If your puris are not puffing well, make sure that there's enough oil to substantially immerse the puris in while they're puffing, and also that the oil is hot enough.
  9. When fully puffed, turn it over, lightly brown the other side for a few seconds and take out onto a kitchen towel or in a large colander to drain the excess oil.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 77.63 Kcal (325 kJ)
Calories from fat 3.71 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.41g 1%
Cholesterol 0.53mg 0%
Sodium 97.35mg 4%
Potassium 22.32mg 0%
Total Carbs 15.83g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.63g 3%
Protein 2.08g 4%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 3.3mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 338.53 Kcal (1417 kJ)
Calories from fat 16.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.8g 1%
Cholesterol 2.29mg 0%
Sodium 424.51mg 4%
Potassium 97.34mg 0%
Total Carbs 69.04g 5%
Dietary Fiber 2.73g 3%
Protein 9.08g 4%
Iron 0.9mg 1%
Calcium 14.6mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1.5
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • sugar free,
  • good source of fiber

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