BBC Good Food Magazine

INDIAN INSPIRATION

unday meals are precious to me, as it’s the only day in the week we all get to sit together at the table and enjoy a long, leisurely lunch. I always try to make it special by cooking something that we’ll all love and enjoy. This alu puri meal is just one example – simple yet so special. Growing up, alu puri meant it was a special day, whether it be a festival, after pooja (prayers) or a special meal with my cousins. Everyone would sit around the table and my mum would churn out the piping hot puris for everyone, sitting down to eat only after she had fed everyone else. I never understood why she insisted on making hot puris for us and not preparing them beforehand, but

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