Pani Puri & Bhel
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Ingredients
Produce
- 1lb potato
- 2 bunches of cilantro
- 1 bunch of mint
- 1 – 2 thai chillis
- 2 lemons
- 5 to 6 garlic cloves
- 1 small chunk of ginger
- 6 to 8 seedless dates
- ½ cup of seedless Tamarind or tamarind paste
- 1 Pomegranate
Indian Snacks
- Pani puri shells
- Sev (thinnest)
- Boondi
- Papdi (papri)
- Natural peanuts or unsalted roasted peanuts
- Puffed rice
Dairy
- 2 cups of plain yogurt
Pantry & Spices
- 2 cups of brown Chickpeas
- Cumin powder
- Coriander Powder
- Dry mango powder (Aamchur)
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Black Salt
- Pani puri masala
- Chaat masala
- Ginger powder
- ½ cup Jaggery
- ½ tsp Fennel
- Kashmiri chilli powder
- 2 tsp sugar
Created By
Prepared by Himadri Vyas
Directions
Green Chutney Recipe
- In a food processor, add washed and cleaned 1 bunch of Cilantro, 1 bunch mint leaves, garlic cloves, ginger, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp chaat masala, 1 tsp dry mango powder, cumin seeds, ½ tsp black pepper, 1 lemon, 2 -3 ice cubes, 1 tsp sugar, 1 thai chilli (optional, totally exclude it if you don’t want any heat). Pulse it until a smooth paste, add more ice cubes or cold water to make watery.
Tamarind Chutney Recipe
- In a pan add ½ cup tamarind, ½ cup seedless dates, ½ cup jaggery, and pour 3 cups of water and let it come to boil.
- Simmer till 10 mins and add 1 tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder, ½ tsp dry ginger powder and salt to taste.
- Mix and mash tamarind and dates, simmer for next 2 mins.
- Blend the mixture in a blender, and strain the puree.
- Add into the jar and ready to consume.
Pani puri stuffing
- Mash 5 medium large boiled potatoes, and 2 cups of boiled brown chickpeas, 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder, 1 tsp chaat masala, 3 tbsp green chutney, ¼ cup of chopped cilantro, 1 tsp salt and mix together.
Cilantro Mint Water
- In 3L water add, ⅓ cup of freshly made green chutney, 1 lemon juice, 1.5 tsp black salt, 2 tbsp Pani puri masala, salt as per taste and mix it.
- Add some ice cubes to make it colder.
Note: Adjust those spices and lemon as per your taste.
Assemble Pani puri
- Use a thumb to crack a small hole, add the stuffing and add cilantro mint water or Tamarind water or both and eat!
Bhel
- In a large Salad bowl, add 5 cups of puffed rice, ½ cup chopped onions, 1 cup chopped tomatoes, 1 pomegranate and 1 cup chopped cucumber.
- Add roasted peanuts, sev, crushed Papdi, and chopped cilantro.
- Add 3 tbsp green chutney, 3 tbsp tamarind chutney and ½ lemon juice.
- Note: You can add any snacks, or chickpeas or anything you would like, mix and serve with more sev on top and chopped cilantro.