Deep fried, hollow and crispy puris filled with spiced potato, chickpeas and onion dunked in a tangy and spicy mint-coriander-tamarind water
Servings 4
Prep Time 20 minutesmins
Cook Time 25 minutesmins
Total Time 45 minutesmins
Ingredients
For the puri
1cupsemolina / rava
¼cupall purpose flour / maida
¼tspbaking soda
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
For the pani
½cupmint leaves
¼cupcoriander leaves
2tbsptamarind paste
1tspred chilly powder
1tsproasted cumin powder
1tspchaat powder
Black salt to taste
2tspsugar
2cupwater
½cupboondi / fried gram balls
For the stuffing
1large potatoboiled and cubed
1medium onionfinely chopped
½cupcooked white chickpeas
½tsproasted cumin powder
1tspchaat masala
1tspred chilly powder
1tbspchopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Instructions
To make puri
In a bowl, mix semolina, maida, baking soda, salt and mix well. Add water little by little and knead to stiff dough. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes.
Knead the dough again and divide the dough into lemon sized balls. Take a ball and roll out into a thin circle. Cut out round discs using a round cookie cutter or small bowl .
Cover the cut out pooris with a cloth and proceed making round discs from the remaining dough. Keep the cut out puris covered with cloth until frying.
Heat oil in a kadai and fry 4-5 puris at a time . Once it puffs and turns golden brown, flip over and cook other side to golden brown.
Remove and drain the excess oil on a tissue paper. Cool and store the puris in an airtight container.
To make pani
Grind mint leaves, coriander leaves, tamarind adding little water to a smooth paste.
Transfer the paste to a large bowl and add water. Add red chilly powder, cumin powder, chaat powder, black salt and mix well.
Chill the pani for 30 minutes. Then add the boondi. If serving later, add boondi at the time of serving.
To make stuffing
In a bowl, mix the potatoes with cumin powder, ½ tsp red chilly powder, chaat masala, salt and coriander leaves.
In another bowl, mix chickpeas with ½ tsp red chilly powder and salt.
To assemble pani puri
Crack the center of the puri with your thumb or a spoon. Stuff with potato, chickpeas and onion. Dip in the pani and serve immediately.
Notes
Keep the puris covered all the time with a cloth to prevent them from drying out.
Refrigerating the pani helps in blending the flavors.
Other stuffing that we can add are boiled moong sprouts and ragda. You can also add some sweet chutney to the stuffing.