Categories: Chaats/Evening Snacks
Ingredients
- For the pooris
- 1 cup rava
- 1-2 tsp maida
- Salt, very little
- Warm water
- Oil
- For the filling
- 2 medium sized potatoes boiled & mashed
- 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup chick peas, soaked in water over night in Luke warm salt water
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp chat masala
- coriander leaves
- Salt
- For the pani
- 2 tbsp tamarind juice or 1 tsp concentrated tamarind paste diluted in water.
- 2 tbsp jaggery
- 1 tsp black salt
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp dhania powder
- 1 cumin powder
- 2-3 green chili
- a small bunch of mint leaves
- 1 strand coriander leaves
- 1 tsp pepper powder
- Salt
Directions
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In a mixing bowl, combine to form a coarse mixture with rava, salt & little warm water.
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Little moisture has to be left. Now add maida. Maida does the job of a binding material.
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Knead the dough well.
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Add few drops of oil & again knead.
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Cover it in a damp cloth & let it sit for 15-20 minutes.
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Keep oil in a kadai & heat on medium flame.
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Divide the dough into two halves.
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Roll out each half one at a time into a big thin chapati.
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Either using a small cup or a bottle cap, cut out puris from the chapati.
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Fry the pooris in batches
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Cover the extra pooris in the damp cloth.
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Repeat the same with the other half of the dough.
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Filling:
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Pressure cook the soaked chick peas & potatoes.
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Mash the potatoes & add red chili powder, chat masala & coriander leaves & mix well.
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Add salt to the chick peas.
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Thick curds combined with red chili powder & black salt or Soaked boondi can be also used.
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Pani
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Combine all the ingredients & grind to a fine paste.
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In a mixing bowl containing required water, add the paste & mix well.
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Keep it in the fridge & serve chilled with the pooris.
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Serving the Pani poori
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Tap the Poori at the center lightly to make a half-inch hole.
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Fill it with a small quantity of mashed potato, chick peas, onions, boondi & curds.
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Dip it in mint or tamarind water / pani & relish it.
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Tips
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3-4 tsp of Tamarind chutney diluted or Pani Poori masala can be used instead.
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Green moong dal sprouts can be used for filling.and serve.:)