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Cheera puri, small fried bread made with amaranth leaves

Cheera puri, small fried bread made with amaranth leaves

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Crispy Kerala pastries: a mixture of whole wheat flour, amaranth (or spinach), onion, chili peppers, cilantro, ginger, and cumin, cooked and then fried un…

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Recipe from Gkdeepasulekha, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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A typical Kerala breakfast: Amaranth leaves (cheera) add color and fragrance to the dough of the puris.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting15 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$0.76 $0.19 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.21
  • $0.13
  • $0.03
  • $0.14
  • $0.25

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Heat the coconut oil in a pan over medium heat for two minutes, then add all the chopped ingredients.
  2. Add them to the flour along with a little water and salt, and knead well. ≈ 10 min
  3. After 15 minutes of rest, place discs the size of a puri (a type of Indian sweet), which are slightly thick, on your body.
  4. Heat the oil and gently submerge the mushrooms, turning them occasionally until they are fully cooked and have expanded. Then, drain them.

The bill

Cheera puri, small fried bread made with amaranth leaves

  • 1 onion, finely chopped$0.21
  • Green or dried chili pepper, cilantro, ginger, shallot, and curry leaves, all finely chopped.$0.13
  • salt$0.03
  • Whole wheat flour, according to the number of puris$0.14
  • coconut oil, for deep frying$0.25

Total$0.76

that's $0.19 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 small handful of amaranth or spinach leaves, very finely chopped
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • Green or dried chili pepper, cilantro, ginger, shallot, and curry leaves, all finely chopped.
  • A pinch of cumin
  • salt
  • Whole wheat flour, according to the number of puris
  • water
  • coconut oil, for deep frying

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