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Puri

पूरी
POORI

A deep fried puffed wheat bread

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Meaning & usage

Usually a part of a festive meal. Very tasty. Cant stop eating them with sweet or savoury accompaniments.

In a sentence

He ate 10 pooris where he might have eaten just one slice of bread.

As seen in crosswords

Puri is a 4-letter answer. A typical clue:

“A deep fried puffed wheat bread” (4)

Play the crossword that uses it — MG Mini #723

Category: Food Origin: हिन्दी n several Indian regional languages Script: Devanagari

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