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    Published: Aug 20, 2008 Β· Modified: Jun 11, 2023 by usha

    Poori, Pitla and Tamata Shorva

    Every Saturday morning, it is always, Pooris for Breakfast, Honey? To go with the pooris, it is either tomato shorva or chicken shorva.

    A few weeks ago, I was on phone with my sister-in-law.  We talked about my blog and then she asked what we had for lunch. When I told her what we had for brunch, she was curious if i would put that in my blog.  I said, I might and then she suggested pooris & pitla.  She suggested doing a combination like poori and pitla.  

    Poori, Pitla and Tomato Shorva

    The only problem was, I never made pitla before, although I had an idea how it is prepared.   When growing up it was always potato and poori or shorva and poori combination and now it is always shorva and poori.  

    I searched for pitla recipes online, but did not find what I was looking for. Β So, I called up one of our aunt's cook in India and got the recipe from him. Β I made it for brunch this past Saturday.

    • Tamata Shorva Recipe
    • Poori Recipe
      1. Poori Ingredients
      2. Poori Instructions
    • Pitla Recipe
      1. Pitla Ingredients
      2. Pitla Instructions

    Tamata Shorva Recipe

    You can find tamata shorva recipe here.

    Tomato shorva, Tomato curry
    Tomato Shorva with Lima Beans and Boiled Eggs

    Poori Recipe

    Cooking Time: 20 minutes
    Yields: 15

    Poori Ingredients

    • 1 cup Wheat flour or Atta Flour
    • Pinch of Salt
    • Oil for deep frying
    puffed poori
    Puffed Poori

    Poori Instructions

    • Mix salt and flour and make a dough using some water. Let it sit for at least 10 minutes before rolling out the pooris. Meantime, we can prepare the curry for the pooris.
    • Make small balls from the dough and using some flour or oil, roll the small dough balls into a circle. During my last visit to India, my mom had a new method to make pooris. She rolled the dough into a big circle like a roti and cut it into 4 quarters. She says this method is faster.
    • Deep fry the poories in hot oil. Make sure oil is very hot to avoid oily pooris. Remove from oil and drain the pooris on a paper towel.
    • Serve hot with pitla, tomato shorva or chicken shorva.
    poori
    Not puffy any more...

    Pitla Recipe

    Pitla is a potato and onion curry made with a gram flour or besan base.

    pitla
    Pitla - Flour based onion potato curry

    Total Time:20 Minutes
    Serves: 4-5

    Pitla Ingredients

    • 1 tablespoon Oil
    • 1 teaspoon Urad Dal
    • Β½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
    • Β½ Jeera
    • 5 Green Chilies chopped
    • 1 Big Onion sliced and diced or 2 cups of cut Onions
    • 1 Potato cut in to small pieces or 1 cup cut Potato pieces
    • Β½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
    • 2 tablespoon Gram Flour or Besan
    • ΒΌ cup Milk (opt)
    • Salt to Taste
    • Cilantro for garnish
    Pitla
    Pitla

    Pitla Instructions

    • In a pan heat oil. Add mustard, urad dal and jeera. When mustard starts to pop and splutter, add onion and fry until translucent. Add potatoes and turmeric powder and cook until potatoes are ΒΎth cooked. Add a little water if the curry is burning.
    • Mix besan with some water or milk. Add this mixture to the potaoes and stir well. Add 2 cups of water, cover the pan and cook until potatoes completely cooked and very soft and mushy.
    • Continue to cook the pitla until the liquid or the sauce thickly coats the spoon.
    • Garnish with Cilantro.

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    1. themadscientistskitchen says

      April 10, 2014 at 9:47 am

      Bookmarked anything as delicious as shorva needs to be tried.

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    2. keerti says

      March 23, 2011 at 10:41 am

      @Usha:

      I should Thank you so much......... πŸ™‚

      Bharat love pitla a lotttttt... Yesterday i wanted to cook that.. bcos i stopped cooking at my home from ages... we are just eating out or some instant food :P...

      So... Ninna Google lo serach cheyagane first me blog ee vachindi... I made the pitla .. it turned out awesome :)....

      A special thanks was conveyed to you by Bharat tooo...

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        March 23, 2011 at 11:25 am

        I am glad it came out well and you two liked it. Thanks for letting me! It is always encouraging to see such comments and get positive feedback.

        Reply
    3. kanthi says

      March 06, 2011 at 12:31 pm

      Poori,pitla,excellent combo,usha,chala bavundhi..

      Reply
    4. KavyaNaimish says

      April 24, 2009 at 3:15 pm

      Usha I tried ur Shorva recipe today...dat came out well..but made it plain...no eggs at home..Simply loved the dish πŸ™‚ Thank U

      U are welcome sweetie...

      Reply
    5. paru says

      August 22, 2008 at 7:32 pm

      Lovely recipes..Loved the orange basundi..

      thanks.....

      Reply
    6. Amu says

      August 22, 2008 at 1:10 pm

      Usha...You are an awesome cook...I am in love with your food...and keep drooling over your pages for hours...

      Check out a small suprise for you in my Blog Sweetie...:-)

      Reply
    7. Srivalli says

      August 22, 2008 at 8:33 am

      by the way your egg shorva picture looks great!

      Reply
    8. Srivalli says

      August 22, 2008 at 8:30 am

      that combo looks great...thanks for the entry!

      Reply
    9. Padma says

      August 21, 2008 at 11:16 am

      I loved the addition of LIma beans to tomato shorva.. But I have dried one's and not the frozen ones, can I use them in this egg curry? Also we do make pitla with poori, its always a hit in my home...

      I never tried dry lima beans before. I don't see why you can't use it. You will have to soak and cook it before adding it to the shorva though....

      Reply

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