Halwa Puri for EID MILAN

Diva4U · Oct 31st, 2005, 06:14 PM

I am inviting some guests on the weekend and wanted to make halwa puri. I have heard that you can buy mexican tortillas and make puris out of them. Has anyone tried that ? Please share all. Also, what other things should I keep with it.

My menu :-

Halwa (sooji)
Puri
Chapli Kebabs
Chicken cholay Salan
Alou ki bhujia
Sawayaan

Does this sound okay ?

diyah · Nov 1st, 2005, 02:11 AM

^^ very okey, thats also almost what we make when we have Eid milan. instead of kebabs we make chicken tikka, or sometimes we make paye chane instead of only chane walah salan.

But I have never heard of makeing puri of tortillas, aker nehi jayaain ghee?

pyaricgudya · Nov 1st, 2005, 04:53 AM

hiii...

nice menu
it'l be really nice if u cld post a nice recipe for halwa puri
and siwayan..
and all tht....
thnks
regds

Ira · Nov 1st, 2005, 09:01 AM

I have had tortillas wali pooris and they were a-ok. Not liek the real stuff. Why dont you try them before eid? Just fry a tortilla.

funguy · Nov 1st, 2005, 09:28 AM

Nowadays they sell frozen puris at desi stores. They are like the real stuff if fried at proper temperatures and right amount of oil.

Rukhsarbibi · Nov 1st, 2005, 09:55 AM

I am not a big puri fan. But the tortilla ones turned out to be Ok for us.

funguy · Nov 1st, 2005, 09:56 AM

Anything deep fried will turn out to be 'OK' specially if it's bread.

roshnie · Nov 1st, 2005, 09:59 AM

At Walmart they sell mexican tortillas that are really thin, kept next to biscuits, butter etc. in a refrigerated shelf. The name starts with Az...something...can't remember now. They work out pretty good. Deep fry them like a puri.
Don't buy the ones that are kept with bread in a regular shelf.

Asif2000 · Nov 1st, 2005, 10:22 AM

Buy "Mission" tortillas in the packs of 12 from Walmart, Krogers or like stores. Just fry them in Oil. They are perfect to make puries out of. I like these better than the desi heavy puries made out of "meda" flour.

Diva4U · Nov 1st, 2005, 11:44 AM

^^ sounds good to me.

How about the menu ? Does it look okay ?

Asif2000 · Nov 1st, 2005, 12:04 PM

The menu looks pretty good. I am not a big fan of chaplis though. Also, is there a difference b/w sawayyan and sheer khorma?

Gemini the Great · Nov 2nd, 2005, 10:02 AM

^sawayan is just milk, vermicilli, and almonds,coconut,raisins,cardamom added on the top! Sheer khurma is a bit more time consuming with dried dates and more milk, less vermicilli and of course including that garnishing material! At least, this is what I have seen in my house!

I am going to make sheer khurma this eid for the first time, lets see how it turns out!

Femme Fatale · Nov 2nd, 2005, 10:20 AM

I made sheer khurma last yr but i have no clue what the recipe is, i just followed step by step instructions given by my mum while she was busy finishing up last minute touchups for Eid clothes