Dabeli
Dabeli, from above
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Dabeli

Spiced potato, two chutneys, pomegranate and sev in a buttered pav. Kutch knows how to party.

40 minTime
16 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Pressed in Kutch3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
663kcalsame
16 gproteinsame
10 gfibresame
40minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Pav (soft bread rolls, soft dinner rolls)8 pav
Potato3 medium, boiled and mashed
Dabeli masala1½ tbsp
Tamarinda lemon sized ball
Dates5 to 6, seedless
Jaggery2 tbsp
Garlic5 cloves
Kashmiri chilli powder2 tsp
Peanuts⅓ cup, roasted or masala peanuts
Pomegranate seeds⅓ cup
Sev½ cup nylon sev
Onion1 small, finely chopped
Fresh grated coconut2 tbsp
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful, chopped
Butter3 tbsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp
Saltto taste
Waterabout 1 cup, divided

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Simmer the tamarind, dates and jaggery in 3/4 cup water, then blend and strain into a chutney.
  2. 2Grind the garlic, Kashmiri chilli and a pinch of salt with a spoon of water into a red garlic chutney.
  3. 3Heat the oil, add the dabeli masala and 2 tbsp of the sweet chutney, then the potato and a splash of water. Cook and mash for 4 to 5 minutes. Spread on a plate and top with coconut, half the pomegranate, peanuts and coriander.
  4. 4Slit each pav, spread sweet chutney on one side and garlic chutney on the other, then fill with the potato, onion, peanuts and pomegranate.
  5. 5Toast on a tawa with butter on both sides, then roll the edges in sev.
Serve it like this

Drain on paper for a minute, pile onto a plate and serve hot with chutney on the side.

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What goes with Dabeli: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

On the side Chhundo40 min
On the side Chicken mu15 min
To drink Sweet lassi10 min
To drink Thandai30 min
Something sweet Mohanthal50 min
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