Pani Puri is a popular street food all over India. Pani Puri consists of a round, hollow puri, fried crisp and filled with a mixture of spicy and tangy water ("pani").
Delightful yummy dish which will Never Ever Fail to please you, you bet!
Panipuri consists of a round or ball-shaped, hollow puri (a deep-fried crisp flatbread), filled with a mixture of flavored water (known as imli pani), tamarind chutney, chili powder, chaat masala, potato mash, onion or chickpeas.
INGREDIENTS
For Pani Puri Stuffing
2 to 3 medium potatoes
1 small to medium onion - optional
1 to 1.5 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
(cilantro leaves)
1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
1 teaspoon chaat masala powder
¼ teaspoon red chili powder, optiona
black salt or regular salt as required
For Pani Recipe
½ cup tightly packed chopped mint leaves
1 cup tightly packed chopped coriander leaves
(cilantro leaves)
1 inch ginger, chopped
2 to 3 green chilies, , chopped (for a less spicy pani, add about 1 green chili)
1 tablespoon tightly packed tamarind
3.5 to 4 tablespoons grated or powdered jaggery or sugar or add as required or 1.5 tablespoons chopped seedless dates & 1.5 tablespoons powdered jaggery, the sweetness can be adjusted as per your taste
1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
1 teaspoon chaat masala powder
⅓ cup water, for grinding
1 to 1.25 cups water to be added later, add water as per the consistency you want
24 to 30 puris, you could buy these puris readymade or make them at home
1 small bowl of tamarind chutney or tamarind dates chutney - optional
PREPARATION
Making Pani Puri Stuffing
Boil the potatoes till they are cooked completely.
Peel them and then chop them.
Finely chop the onion if using it.
In a small bowl, mix the potatoes, onions, coriander leaves, cumin powder, chaat masala powder and black salt or regular salt. Mix well and keep aside.
Making Pani For Pani Puri
In a blender add all the ingredients mentioned above for the pani.
Add water and grind to a fine chutney.
Remove the green chutney in a large bowl. Rinse the mixer jar with ½ cup water first and then add this water in the bowl. Then add ½ to ¾ cup more water.
Mix well. Check the seasoning. Add more salt or jeera powder or chaat masala or jaggery if required. If you want a thin pani, you could add some water. But keep on checking the seasoning, as per your taste.
Add the boondi to the pani.
You can chill the pani in the fridge or add some ice cubes to it.
Making Pani Puri
Crack the top of the puri with a spoon.
Add 2 to 3 teaspoons of the boiled potato-onion filling in the poori.
Stir the green pani first and then add it in the poori. Optionally you can add some sweet chutney in the puri.
Serve the pani puri immediately.
You can also make individual portions with the puris, potato-onion mixture and the pani. Let the individual assemble the pani puri for himself/herself as per his/her taste.
