To make puri:
Semolina (Rava) – 1 cup
Wheat flour – 3 tbsp
Salt – as required
Water – as required
Oil for deep fry
Combine rava, flour and salt to make dough and knead well. Make small equal lemon sized balls of the dough and roll out thin rotis. Make them round with the help of a round cookie cutter or lid of any container. Deep fry it in oil to light golden brown perfection.
To make pani:
2 tbsp Tamarind Pulp
3 cups Water
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 cup Pudina Leaves
1Green Chilly
Lemon juice -1 lemon of
Corriander leaves for garnish
Black Salt a pinch
Salt to taste
Make paste of Pudina leaves and green chilly. Then add water and other ingredients, blend well and sieve it. Garnish with coriander leaves.
To make stuffing:
2 medium spiced, boiled potatoes, mashed
1/2 cup boiled chickpeas
Chopped onions
Dates-Tamarind Chutney (sweet chutney)
3/4 cup grated jaggery
10-12 dates (de-seeded)
Small orange sized tamarind (de-seeded)
3/4 tsp chilly powder
1 tsp roasted cumin powder
½ tsp Ginger powder
Water as required
Salt to taste
Soak tamarind in 2 cups of warm water for 5 mts. Heat a heavy bottomed vessel, add the tamarind along with the water and bring to a boil. Turn off heat and cool.
Once cool, grind this tamarind mixture along with dates to a fine paste, adding very little water. Strain through a sieve and pour this tamarind-date paste back into the heavy bottomed vessel.
Cook on slow to medium flame for 2-3 mts. Add the grated jaggery and allow it to melt and blend well with the tamarind date mix. Continue to cook till it becomes a thick pouring consistency, approx 15-18 mts.
Add chilly powder, cumin powder, Ginger powder and salt to taste and combine. Turn off heat. Even if the chutney is thick, its fine. Once cool, refrigerate and use as required.
Assembling Pani Puri:
Take a puri in your palm and lightly press the top to make a hole in the puri. Stuff with a tsp of spiced mashed potato, 1/2 tsp of chopped onions, 1 tsp of sweet chutney, pour 1 tbsps of the prepared mint pani and stuff the whole puri into your mouth. Then enjoy the combination of flavors.
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