Pathir pheni | Chiroti | Crispy layered sweet verki poori-How to make with step by step photos & video

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh | Cooking Time: 15 to 20 minutes | To Serve: 5 | Type: Sweets, Snacks, diwali & pongal festival special

Pathir pheni is a tamilnadu traditional sweet which is round in shape, layered and crispy sweet poori. It is common in Karnataka and known as Chiroti. The shape differ a bit and ingredients too. In Karnataka they use Rava and Chiroti shape is oval. This sweet is also called Surul poori, Layered poori or Pathir Patheni

Ingredients

• All purpose flour / Maida / Wheat flour / Chiroti rava– 1 cup
• Ghee [clarified butter] - 2 tbsp
• Sugar – ¼ cup
• Green cardamom - 3
• Salt - a pinch
• Water as need
• Oil for deep frying [Ground nut oil, sunflower oil]

Filling

• Rice flour - 2 tbsp
• Ghee [clarified butter] - 2 tbsp

Preparation

• Add green cardamom & sugar in a mixer jar & grind to smooth powder.
• Sieve Maida/ All purpose flour without lumps.
• In a bowl add Maida, ghee, salt & water [3 tbsp of water/Warm milk] mix well
• Then add water slowly to make the soft dough.
• Cover the bowl with cotton cloth then leave it for 5 min.
• Sprinkle flour, place the dough on chapathi stone then roll out into large thin chapatti.
• In a bowl add rice flour, ghee mix well & keep aside.
• Add rice flour mixture then spread evenly all over the chapatti.
• Then fold the chapatti tightly then cut into diamond shape.
• Then take each piece & gently press or roll out into thin chapatti or puri..
• Heat oil & ghee or vanaspati in a pan, deep fry on medium hot oil till crisp & light brown.
• Once fried flip over & cook another side.
• Once it’s ready take it out. Drain on an absorbent paper.
• Place padhir peni in a bowl & sprinkle powdered sugar cardamom mixer toss it.
• Then store in an airtight container

Pathir pheni Video – Quick & Easy

How to make Pathir pheni / Padhir peni / Chiroti / Layered poori-Step by step photos

Maida / all purpose flour

sieve the flour to avoid lumps

Add pinch of salt

Add ghee

Add water mix well make soft dough

Add more water, mix well

Padhir peni Dough is ready cover it leave it for 5 min

In a bowl add ghee & rice flour mix well

Divide the dough into equal size balls, sprinkle flour roll out into thin chapati then place ghee rice flour mixture spread evenly

Now its ready to fold.

Fold tightly

Cut into small pieces

Sprinkle flour & gently press

Sprinkle flour, roll out into thin chapati

Add green cardamom, sugar in a mixer jar & grind to smooth powder

Heat oil in a pan, add layered poori, deep fry till crisp and light brown on medium hot oil

Once padhir peni is ready take it out, drain on absorbent paper then sprinkle powdered sugar leave it for 3 min

Pathir patheni / sweet poori layers

Pathi pheni sweet surul poori

Drain on absorbent paper

Sweet verki puri