Dholl Puri

Name: Dholl Puri
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Mauritian
Ingredients: 500 g Plain flour; 300 g Yellow split peas (dholl); 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Cumin (petit anis); to taste Salt; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; approx. 250 ml Warm water

Soft flatbreads stuffed with ground yellow split peas — Mauritius's unofficial national dish.

60 minMakes 126 items at TheShop.mu

Ingredients

Plain flourTheShop.mu
500 g
Yellow split peas (dholl)TheShop.mu
300 g
Turmeric powderTheShop.mu
1 tsp
Cumin (petit anis)TheShop.mu
1 tsp
SaltTheShop.mu
to taste
Vegetable oilTheShop.mu
3 tbsp
Warm water
approx. 250 ml

👨‍🍳How to cook

1
Soak split peas 4 hours, boil with turmeric until tender. Drain and grind to a coarse dry powder with cumin and salt.
2
Make a soft dough with flour, oil, salt and warm water. Rest 30 minutes.
3
Divide into 12 balls. Stuff each with 1 tbsp split-pea filling, seal and roll out into thin discs.
4
Cook on a hot griddle without oil, 30 seconds each side until lightly speckled.
5
Serve with butter bean curry, rougaille, coriander chutney and chilli pickle.

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