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Dholl Puri

Name: Dholl Puri
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Mauritius
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 100g Yellow split peas; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds; 1 tsp Salt; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 170ml Water

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⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Thin flatbread filled with ground yellow split peas, wrapped around curry and rougaille — Mauritius's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Dholl puri is Mauritius's national street food, born from the food culture of Indian immigrants. Boiled, ground yellow split peas are enclosed in dough, rolled thin, and cooked, then wrapped around bean curry, tomato rougaille, and pickles. Sold in pairs, it's essential at Mauritian breakfast and lunch.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a market stall in Port Louis, curry and tomato sauce are spooned onto thin bread from a hot griddle, rolled up, and wrapped in paper.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

All-purpose flour 300g
Yellow split peas 100g
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp
Water 170ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the split peas with turmeric until just firm, drain, and grind to a powder with the cumin and salt.
Knead the flour, salt, 1 tbsp oil, and water, divide into 6, and rest 30 minutes.
Flatten each piece, enclose 2 tbsp of the pea powder, and roll out thin.
Cook both sides in a hot frying pan, brushing with oil, until lightly browned.
Wrap around curry or rougaille to eat.

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