Breakfast
Poori
Puffed deep-fried wheat bread, usually paired with potato masala.
About
Poori is a small wheat disc fried in oil until it balloons. In Kerala bakeries and homes it arrives with a mildly spiced potato masala, and is a weekend or hotel-breakfast treat rather than an everyday steamer like puttu.
Course
Breakfast
Region
Statewide
Typically with
Potato masala, chutney
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