Bhel Puri
Servings: 4
Papdi
Ingredients
- 2 cups All purpose flour
- 2 tbsps Oil
- 1½ tsp Salt
- Oil (for frying)
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients and make a firm pliable dough using cold water.
- Cover and let rest for half an hour.
- Knead again and divide dough into 6 equal portions.
- Take one portion and roll a large thin disc with a rolling pin.
- Cut 2 inch circles (about 10) with a cookie cutter, prick with a fork to prevent puffing.
- Keep covered with a towel.
- Roll the remainder of the dough, also re-roll the cut-outs.
- Heat oil on medium and deep-fry puris a few at a time, until golden and crisp.
- Remove and drain on a paper towel.
- Let cool.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Puffed rice
- Papadi (broken into pieces, as needed)
- 1 cup Small cubed potatoes (steamed, firm)
- 1 cup Brown chana (garbanzo, boiled)
- ½ cup Onion (finely chopped)
- ½ cup Green mango (finely chopped, substitute sour apple)
- 2 Green chilies (finely chopped, to taste)
- ¼ cup Green coriander (finely chopped)
- Red chili garlic chutney (to taste, recipe under "chutneys and Pickles")
- Green chutney (to taste, recipe under "chutneys and Pickles")
- Sweet tamarind chutney (to taste, recipe under "chutneys and Pickles")
- Spicy sev (as needed, recipe under "dry nasta")
Instructions
- Dry roast the puffed rice to make them crispy.
- Sprinkle salt on potatoes and chana.
- In an individual serving bowl, layer puffed rice, papadi, potatoes, chana, onions, and mango. Add green chutney.
- Stir and coat well.
- Top with remaining ingredients and mix.
- Note: this dish is wet yet crispy.