Puri bhaji

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{{Infobox prepared food
| name = Puri bhaji
| image = Puri Bhajji in Mumbai Restaurant.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Puri bhaji with (left to right) coriander chutney, potato bhaji, red onion and pickle in an [[Indian cuisine|Indian restaurant]]
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| country = [[Indian subcontinent]]
| national_cuisine = [[Indian cuisine|India]]
| region =
| creator =
| course = [[Breakfast]], [[lunch]], [[snack]]
| served =
| main_ingredient = [[Puri (food)|Puri]], [[Potato|aloo bhaji]]
| variations = [[Chole bhature]]
| calories =
| other =
}}

[[File:Poorimane.jpg|thumb|Poorimane]]

'''Puri bhaji''' (sometimes spelled ''poori bhaji'') is a dish, originating from the [[Indian subcontinent]], of [[Puri (food)|puri]] (deep-fried rounds of [[flour]]) and [[Potato|aloo]] ([[potato]]) [[bhaji]] (a spiced potato dish which may be dry or [[curry|curried]]).<ref name=pb03>{{cite book|last=Brians|first=Paul|title=Modern South Asian literature in English|url=https://archive.org/details/modernsouthasian00bria|url-access=limited|year=2003|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=031332011X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/modernsouthasian00bria/page/n245 237]}}</ref> It is a traditional [[breakfast]] dish in North India.<ref name=rs09>{{cite book|last=Saxena|first=Rajan|title=Marketing Management 4E|year=2009|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=0070144915|pages=248}}</ref>

[[File:Home made puries.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Fresh puris made at home]]
Many Indian households prefer puri bhaji and other traditional dishes over [[Breakfast cereal|cereal]]s for breakfast.<ref name=rkb08>{{cite book|last=Baisya|first=Rajat K.|title=Changing face of processed food industry in India|year=2008|publisher=Ane Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=8180521664|pages=171, 172}}</ref><ref name=st06>{{cite book|last=Tharoor|first=Shashi|title=India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond|year=2006|publisher=Arcade Publishing|isbn=1559708034|pages=281}}</ref> Some serve it for lunch along with condiments such as [[dahi (curd)|dahi]] (yogurt) and salad.<ref name=nik07>{{cite book|last=King|first=Niloufer Ichaporia|title=My Bombay kitchen: traditional and modern Parsi home cooking|year=2007|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0520249607|pages=202, 203}}</ref> In central India, puri bhaji is served as a [[street food|street snack]].<ref name=td00>{{cite book|last=Dalal|first=Tarla|title=Chaat Cookbook|year=2000|publisher=Sanjay & Co|isbn=8186469621|pages=46}}</ref> Puri bhaji is a [[vegetarian]] dish and is popular in India because it is relatively inexpensive and tasty.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-06|title=Aloo puri- Potato Puri - Chanchal's Kitchen-Punjabi Aloo Puri Recipe|url=https://chanchalskitchen.com/aloo-puri-recipe/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Chanchal's Kitchen|language=en-US}}</ref> The dish is also served on [[railway platform]]s in India<ref name=ie11>{{cite news|title=Jan Ahaar scheme gets going at rly station: Puri-Bhaji for Rs 10|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jan-ahaar-scheme-gets-going-at-rly-station/763627/|access-date=4 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=17 March 2011}}</ref> and is served as a packed lunch on trains along with [[South Asian pickles|pickle]].<ref name=toi09>{{cite news|title='Janata khana' a hit with rail commuters|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-20/ludhiana/28183617_1_railway-station-khana-commuters|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531101719/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-20/ludhiana/28183617_1_railway-station-khana-commuters|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 May 2013|access-date=4 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=20 July 2009}}</ref> Puri bhaji can also be served with [[halva]].

==References==
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{{Indian Dishes}}

[[Category:Indian snack foods]]
[[Category:Pakistani snack foods]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradeshi cuisine]]

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