PANI PURI

This recipe makes about 40 puris. (Servings - 2)


 Ingredients (for puri):

• Sooji (Wheat ravva) - 1 cup
• All-purpose flour (Maida) - 1 tbsp
• Salt - 1 pinch 
• Warm water - 1/2 cup
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Oil - For deep frying

Method:

•  In a mixing bowl add suji and salt. Mix well.
• Add warm water and soak suji for couple of minutes.
• Sprinkle all-purpose flour and knead the suji for 3-4 minutes until smooth
• Then add 1 tsp of oil and knead again for 3-4 minutes.
• Then cover the dough with wet cloth and let it rest for 15-20 minutes.
• Devide the dough in small balls and roll out each puri (or) roll a big round puri and use a cookie cutter or any other round cutting device.
• Put 2 drops of oil in rolling surface will make rolling easier.
• Heat the oil on medium high.
• Deep fry puris until light golden brown , crisp and puff like a ball. And remove them onto a paper towel, so the excess oil is absorbed.
• Bring to room temp before storing in airtight container.

Ingredients (for pani):

• Water - 3 cups
• Tamarind pulp - 1/4 cup
• Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
• Ginger paste - 1/2 tsp
• Table salt - to taste
• Black salt - 1/4 tsp
• Fresh coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
• Fresh mint leaves - 1/2 cup
• green chilli - 1
• Lemon juice - 2 tbsp (optional)
• Sugar - 1 tbsp

Method:

• In a large bowl add water, tamarind pulp, lemon juice, sugar, table salt, black salt, red chilli powder, pepper powder. mix it well.
• In a blender or mixi add coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chilli make a smooth paste and add to the water. Then mix it well with whisker.
• Taste to adjust  green chillies as they can be mild or hot.
• Then refrigerate the water (pani) atleast 2 hours.
• Then serve pani with puri & potato, chenna stuffing.

Ingredients(For suffing):

• Boiled, peeled & mashed potatoes - 2
• Garbanzo beans (chick peas) - 1/2 cup
• Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin powder -1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
• Green chilli - 1 (optional)
• Salt - to taste
• Tamarind juice - 1 tbsp
• Pani puri masala - 1/2 tsp (optional)

Method:

• Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl and adjust the spices if needed. and keep it aside.

How to serve:

Pani puris are served by making a small hole in each puri. Then put some potato, chana stuffing in it. If u want add some chopped raw onions. Finally pour the pani in to the each puri or dip the puri in to the pani. Then open your mouth wide and eat entire puri at a time. Once start eating, its hard to stop. Enjoy the taste.

   
NOTE:

• Use Kala chana instead of garbanzo beans (chick peas).
• If you want less spice then adjust the spices if needed.