puri bhaji
{{Short description|Indian Dish}}
{{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 restaurant
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| country = Indian subcontinent
| national_cuisine = India
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| course = Breakfast, lunch, snack
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| main_ingredient = Puri, aloo bhaji
| variations = Chole bhature
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Puri bhaji (sometimes spelled poori bhaji) is a dish, originating from the Indian subcontinent, of puri (deep-fried rounds of flour) and aloo (potato) bhaji (a spiced potato dish which may be dry or curried).{{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]}} It is a traditional breakfast dish in India.{{cite book|last=Saxena|first=Rajan|title=Marketing Management 4E|year=2009|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=0070144915|pages=248}}
Many Indian households prefer puri bhaji and other traditional dishes over cereals for breakfast.{{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}}{{cite book|last=Tharoor|first=Shashi|title=India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond|year=2006|publisher=Arcade Publishing|isbn=1559708034|pages=281}} Some serve it for lunch along with condiments such as dahi (yogurt) and salad.{{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}} In central India, puri bhaji is served as a street snack.{{cite book|last=Dalal|first=Tarla|title=Chaat Cookbook|year=2000|publisher=Sanjay & Co|isbn=8186469621|pages=46}} Puri bhaji is a vegetarian dish and is popular in India because it is relatively inexpensive and tasty.{{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}} The dish is also served on railway platforms in India{{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}} and is served as a packed lunch on trains along with pickle.{{cite news|title='Janata khana' a hit with rail commuters|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Janata-khana-a-hit-with-rail-commuters/articleshow/4800013.cms|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=live|archive-date=31 May 2013|access-date=4 April 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=20 July 2009}} Puri bhaji can also be served with Lapsi.