puri
noun
a light, unleavened whole wheat flatbread from South Asia that puffs up like a round ball when it is deep-fried.
poori
-
a variation of
puri.
Example Sentences
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How about bhel poori instead, a crispy rice snack even that Bollywood celebrities swear by its health benefits.
From BBC ● May 6, 2022
At the restaurant, it could be served with black lentils cooked with ginger and poori.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2015
Now he was headed out again — with chicken madras, chicken poori and an order of lemon rice — on a longer trip to Greenpoint.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2015
The more than 200 “guests,” as Mr. Nepali called them, were there to dine on his steaming brown rice, pungent Nepalese vegetable curry, nine-bean soup, tomato chutney and poori.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2011
After the tea was done, he started to heat the oil for poori just like Kazi used to do every morning at home.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
