Luchi and alur dom recipe without onion or garlic: puffed maida luchi with a ginger-spiced baby potato curry, the Durga Puja Ashtami breakfast in many homes.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Mix the maida, ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp sugar, then rub in 2 tbsp ghee with your fingertips until the flour holds together when pressed.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Boil the baby potatoes in salted water for 12–15 minutes until a knife slides in easily.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Heat 3 tbsp oil in a kadai over medium heat, add the potatoes with a pinch of turmeric and fry for 5–6 minutes, turning, until golden in patches.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Add the cumin seeds, bay leaves, dried chillies and hing to the oil and let them crackle for 30 seconds.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Knead the rested dough briefly and divide it into 20 equal balls. Smear a drop of oil on the rolling surface and roll each ball into an even circle about 10 cm across and 2 mm thick, without using dry flour, which burns in the oil.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Heat the frying oil in a kadai over medium-high heat to about 180°C. A small piece of dough should rise to the surface almost at once.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Slide in one luchi at a time and gently press it under the oil with the back of a slotted spoon; it will puff up in 5–10 seconds.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Serve the luchi immediately, as they deflate and harden as they cool, with the hot alur dom on the side.
Luchi with alur dom. Photo: Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Luchi and alur dom recipe without onion or garlic: puffed maida luchi with a ginger-spiced baby potato curry, the Durga Puja Ashtami breakfast in many homes.
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