Chirote (Maharashtrian Festive Cuisine) Recipe

*Firstly in a mixing bowl, add the maida, salt and ghee. *Mix everything well using your fingers, rub the ghee nicely with maida until the flour resembles bread crumb texture.

*Add water carefully and knead a stiff dough. Now cover it with cloth and keep it aside for atleast for 30min. *Meanwhile, prepare sata in a bowl. Take ghee and cornflour. Whisk it really well until mixture is nice and fluffy. Sata is ready to make the chirote.

*Now as the dough is rested, knead it once again to make it soft. Once done divide into 5 equal parts, roll out each dough ball and make thin chapati. Make all the chapati at a time cover it and keep aside.

Now take one chapati, spread the layer of sata using your hand. Make sure sata is spread equally overall. Don't add less nor more.. So this step is really important.

*Now place the second chapati spread the sata carefully. Repeat this process for all the 5 chapati. Spread the sata on 5th layer and Once done roll the stack into log.

*Cut off the sides of the log and keep it aside. Cut the roll into equal size pieces. *Once done take each piece and roll into poori in a manner that all layers are visible. Don't put pressure while rolling these porri's.

* Heat the oil in a kadhai on a medium flame. Slide 2-3 puri in oil and fry on low heat, fry on both sides. As you fry you can see the layers beautifully puffing up. Fry well from both the sides. *when chirote are fried well from both the sides until slightly golden in brown, take them out drain the extra oil and transfer it into serving plate.

*Generously sprinkle powdered sugar while chirote's are little hot. * Chirote's are ready to eat. You can also garnish it pistachio or rose Petals.