How to Use puri in a Sentence

puri

noun
Definition of purinext
  • This will make up the bulk of the filling for your puri shells.
    — Arsh Raziuddin, Bon Appétit, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Dassana's Veg Recipes will tell you how to make your own pani puri.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Shotis puri is a traditional Georgian bread baked on the inner walls of a clay oven.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • What's more dangerous—the salad at a five-star hotel or a plate of bhel puri from a Mumbai street-food stall?
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
  • The two would sit in the kitchen making rotis and pani puri en masse to make sure everyone filtering in and out had their fill.
    — NBC News, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The bhel puri served with raw mango, tamarind, and British yogurt is a smooth, sweet complement to my go-to dish, the butter-garlic crab.
    — Kar-Shing Tong, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
  • The bhel puri served with raw mango, tamarind, and British yogurt is a smooth, sweet complement to my go-to dish, the butter-garlic crab.
    — Kar-Shing Tong, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Like chapati, puri is made from a simple durum wheat flour dough.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Try an Indian curry - flavorful, not spicy - with dhal puri roti, a flatbread made from lentils, on the side.
    — charlotteobserver, 27 June 2017
  • Try an Indian curry – flavorful, not spicy – with dhal puri roti, a flatbread made from lentils, on the side.
    — Tom Hanchett, charlotteobserver, 3 Sep. 2017
  • With dhal puri, the well-seasoned split-pea filling, which provides the flavor, is just as important as supple dough.
    — John Eligon Daisann McLane Daisann McLane Daisann McLane Daisann McLane, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Here is proof for their argument: dahi batata puri, hollow puffs with delicate shells, cracked at the top as if from little beaks trying to get out.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2016
  • Chaat houses are worthwhile endeavors, but nothing captures the feeling of chaat culture like eating a plateful of tangy bhel puri on a fold-out chair in the middle of a patch of asphalt.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2013
  • For a dramatic start, order the dahi batata puri, a chaat, popular all over India, that looks something like a cluster of cartoon dinosaur eggs.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2019
  • A few San Francisco favorites, including butter chicken and dahi puri, will carry over to Palo Alto, too.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Even the Indian workhorses show flair, from the sev puri (tiny puffed crackers dabbed with avocado, mango and yogurt) to the elegant triangular samosas, packed this time of year with corn and mushrooms.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 July 2019
  • He was rewarded with puri-aloo, a traditional Indian dish of potato curry, eaten with fried bread.
    — Alexander Saeedy, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Its halal buffet offers enchanting delicacies like biryani, karahi gosht, haleem, palak paneer and a puri station.
    — Fredrick Ochami, Chron, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Expect dishes like spring vegetable undhiyu, golden beet bhel puri, and feni beef short ribs (pictured left to right). Don’t get attached; plates change up to daily, which also means your new favorite could be waiting for you tomorrow.
    — Choose Chicago, Bon Appetit, 21 May 2018
  • It’s about finding the chaat wallah in a specific alleyway who serves Mumbai’s best bhel puri; the superlative noodle stall in Singapore in a sea of food vendors; the doubles in Tobago sold out of an unmarked van in a parking lot.
    — Priya Krishna, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Fuchka typically contains mashed potato and bengal gram, while pani puri’s main ingredient is chickpeas.
    — NBC News, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Menu highlights included oysters with decorative flowers, lamb keema, and avocado bhel puri.
    — Zachary Schwartz, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2019

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