Pani puri
Pani puri, from above
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Pani puri

Crack, fill, dunk, eat in one go. If you take two bites, you are doing it wrong.

40 minTime
8 gProtein each
hotSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayMade the traditional way, nothing skipped.
The original
380kcalsame
8 gproteinsame
7 gfibresame
40minutessame

Pani puri, as tradition has it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Pani puri shells (golgappe)40 ready puris
Potato2 medium, boiled and mashed
Chickpeas, boiled½ cup boiled kala chana or white chana
Mint leavesa big handful
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a big handful
Green chilli3
Ginger2.5 cm
Tamarindfor pani and sweet chutney
Jaggeryfor pani and sweet chutney
Dates5, seedless
Black salt1½ tsp
Cumin powder (ground cumin)1½ tsp, roasted
Chaat masala1 tsp
Lemon juice1 tbsp
Water4 cups, chilled
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)½ tsp
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Blend mint, coriander, chillies, ginger and 15 g soaked tamarind with a little water. Stir into chilled water with black salt, cumin, a spoon of jaggery, lemon and salt. Chill.
  2. 2Simmer the rest of the tamarind with jaggery and dates in a cup of water, blend and strain.
  3. 3Mix potato and chana with chilli powder, chaat masala and salt.
  4. 4Poke a hole in each puri, add a little filling and sweet chutney, dip in pani and eat at once.
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 Pani puri: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

On the side Upvas shengdana chutney10 min
On the side Zunka20 min
To drink Kokum sharbat25 min
To drink Falooda25 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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