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Home » Breakfast & Brunch » Masala Cheese Puri (Poori)

Published: Jan 3, 2019 | Modified: May 20, 2020 by Hina Gujral

Masala Cheese Puri (Poori)

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Masala Cheese Puri is a delicious Indian breakfast loaded with cheese, herbs, and paneer. This cheese puri is a delightful twist to the regular whole wheat puri recipe. It is one of my favorite Indian breakfast recipe that is perfect for the kid’s lunchbox as well.

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Puri does not need any introduction. It is the most common Indian bread served with curries and other main-course dishes. The conventional puri is made with whole wheat flour and a dash of seasoning like salt, ajwain (carom seeds) for the subtle flavor.

But this recipe of masala cheese puri is the classic example of the western influence in an Indian kitchen. The flavor of cheese and herbs have given a new dimension to the regular poori. Making it all the way more tasty and interesting.

I am totally in love with this new avatar of the classic poori and so does our Punjabi family. You should try my potato cheese balls as well.

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Variations In Masala Cheese Puri:

You can add freshly chopped basil leaves, fenugreek leaves (methi) or spinach in the dough of puri for a fresh flavor. Any other local variety of green can also be added. 

Furthermore, you can use one medium-size boiled potato (grated) in the garlic puri dough instead of grated paneer. After adding potato, cheese puri tastes more like an aloo kachori. 

To make the puri a little bit spicy, add a teaspoon of red chili flakes or the Kashmiri red chili powder. 

Watch Masala Cheese Puri Recipe Video:

What To Serve With Masala Cheese Puri?

Herb Roasted Potato

Indian Style Masala Aloo

Spring Onion Raita

Aam Ka Chundo (Meethi Chutney)

Gobi Gajar Ka Achaar (Pickle)

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Masala Cheese Puri Recipe

Masala Cheese Puri is a delicious Indian breakfast loaded with cheese, herbs, and paneer. Learn how to make cheese puri in a few simple steps. 
4.58 from 7 votes
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 10 Puri
Calories: 171kcal
Author: Hina Gujral
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Ingredients

  • 1 Cup all purpose flour (maida)
  • ¼ Cup whole wheat flour (atta)
  • 2 tablespoon sooji (semolina)
  • ½ Cup processed cheese, grated
  • ½ Cup paneer (cottage cheese) grated
  • 2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoon Italian herbs mix
  • 2 tablespoon coriander leaves, chopped
  • 2 teaspoon refined oil
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • 2 Cup refined oil for deep frying
  • ⅓ Cup Lukewarm water to bind dough

Instructions

  • Sift both the flour in a bowl, mix in cheese, paneer, garlic powder, oil, and remaining herbs.
  • Rub the mixture in between your palms to get bread crumb like texture.
  • Using little lukewarm water to bind the soft and smooth dough. The dough for the puri should be moist, firm but not sticky.
  • Knead the dough for 3 – 5 minutes. Cover with a muslin cloth and keep in the fridge for 10 – 15 minutes. 
  • Heat oil in a heavy pan for deep frying pooris.
  • Make small even sized balls out of the dough. With the rolling pin using few drops of oil shape dough balls into circles which are not very thin.
  • Add one poori at a time into the hot oil, it will puff up soon.
  • Once the bottom side is golden, then turn over the poori and fry gently pressing down with the frying spoon or slotted spoon in a circular motion, fry the poori till golden brown all over
  • Remove the poori into a plate lined with paper towel to remove excess oil, fry all pooris this way.
  • Serve Masala Cheese Puri warm with pickle, chutney or a cup of tea/coffee.

Recipe Notes:

When the oil is sufficiently hot, drop a pinch of dough into the oil. If the dough ball rises steadily & briskly to the top, then the oil is sufficiently hot to fry the pooris. Else wait till the oil reaches the right temperature before frying the pooris.

Nutrition

Serving: 1poori | Calories: 171kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 39mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 69IU | Calcium: 104mg | Iron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. Veena Theagarajan says

    June 20, 2014 at 8:49 am

    looks yum.. Love this masala puri

    Reply
  2. Vaibhav says

    June 20, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    This is amazing!! You should introduce a parcel service for this;)

    Reply
  3. Tara nair says

    June 22, 2014 at 11:56 am

    I will definitely try this one out. Garlic is my all time fav. ingredient. thanks Hina for sharing this 🙂

    Reply
  4. panda says

    December 02, 2016 at 11:35 am

    Hi, love your recipes. Quick question, can i make them a few hours in advance and serve them later? Also, how are they the next day? Best wishes for all your efforts 🙂

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      December 05, 2016 at 5:40 pm

      Hello Dear, yes you can prepare them in advance and serve them later. They taste absolutely same. Though any variety of Poori taste best when served piping hot.

      Reply
  5. Sushant says

    January 03, 2019 at 12:13 pm

    5 stars
    Anything cheese grabs my attention. I read the recipe and its on my list of important things to do today 🙂

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      January 03, 2019 at 4:25 pm

      Wow! Please do let us know how you like it.

      Reply
  6. rupam { xhobdo } says

    January 03, 2019 at 3:32 pm

    Yummy

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      January 03, 2019 at 4:25 pm

      Surely it is 🙂

      Reply
  7. Sheetal Desai says

    January 15, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    What if I use only whole wheat flour instead of maida ? My 5 year old loves cheese … want to make it for him. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      January 16, 2019 at 6:15 pm

      Yes, that can be done. I am sure you will get perfectly crisp poori 🙂

      Reply
  8. Narinder says

    March 05, 2019 at 1:20 pm

    5 stars
    We too made by increasing the ratio of whole wheat flour and replacing Italian herbs with Kasoori Methi and Dhania powder. Served with Aaloo(Potato) Sabji. These came out excellent and whole family enjoyed !!!

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      March 05, 2019 at 1:32 pm

      Such a nice innovation. Lovely!

      Reply
  9. L Cecilia says

    May 20, 2019 at 6:47 am

    Yummy breakfast *****

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      May 20, 2019 at 4:03 pm

      Great!!!

      Reply
    • [email protected] says

      February 12, 2020 at 1:01 pm

      Good ????????????

      Reply
  10. [email protected] says

    February 12, 2020 at 1:02 pm

    Good ????????????

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      February 13, 2020 at 12:59 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  11. Shubha Ambardekar says

    July 09, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    Yummy!!

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      July 10, 2020 at 11:42 am

      glad you like it!

      Reply
  12. Deepali says

    July 21, 2020 at 9:51 am

    Thanks hina . It was super yummy recipe n weight n amount of ingredients were nicely very mentioned . They came perfect .

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      July 21, 2020 at 11:54 am

      I am so happy that you like it. Thanks a lot for such wonderful feedback.

      Reply
  13. Rozie says

    January 12, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    I just made it! It’s lovely crispy and yummy ???? but didn’t puff up as much. It’s in the fridge again and will try again later. I didn’t have paneer so I used regular cottage cheese and mozzarella.

    Reply
  14. Sneha Nambiar says

    August 21, 2022 at 6:54 pm

    5 stars
    Excellent!

    Reply
    • Hina Gujral says

      August 22, 2022 at 11:13 am

      thank you!

      Reply

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