Palak Poori (Spicy Spinach Puff)

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour-2 cups
• Spinach- 1 small bunch 
• Ginger- 1 inch piece
• Garlic- 6 cloves (optional)
• Green chilies- 4
• Carom seeds (ajawain, ova) or Cumin seeds (jeera)- 1 tsp
• Sesame seeds- 1 tsp
• Water- as required, for kneading
• Salt- to taste
• Oil- as required, for deep frying
• Baking soda- 2 pinches 

Method: 

• Clean, wash, discard the hard stalks of the spinach.
• Boil water in a large pan with 2 pinches of soda. Blanch or boil spinach in this water, then drain it.
• Griend spinach, green chillies, ginger, garlic together with little water.
• Combine flour, spinach paste, salt, cumin seeds, sesame seeds together and mix thoroughly, pour a little water if necessary to make a stiff dough.
• Knead the dough for 10 minutes, cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for 15 mins.
• Knead again and divide the dough into small balls and roll out into puri.
• Heat oil in a pan until smoking point, then reduce the heat and fry all puris.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup.