Paani Puri

Paani Puri

 

Ingredients For the Paani:

• Dry ginger chutney 1 cup
• Firmly packed mint leaves 2 cups
• Coriander leaves few
• Green chillies chopped 6-7
• Roasted and powdered cumin seeds 2 tbsp
• Salt 1 tbsp
• Chilli powder 1 tsp
• Water 8 cups

For the Dry Ginger Chutney:

• Tamarind 100 gm
• Jaggery 3/4 cup
• Salt 2 tsp
• Black salt 1 tsp
• Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp
• Dry ginger powder 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp
• Chilli powder 1/4 tsp
• Chaat masala 1 tsp

Paani Puri:

• Puffed papri 24
• Boiled and diced potatoes 1 cup
• Boiled chick peas 1 cup
• Paani Puri ka paani

Method For thePaani: 

• Mix all the ingredients together, chill, and serve. For the Dry Ginger Chutney: Soak tamarind in warm water for half an hour at least. Strain the tamarind through a strainer, adding water, to facilitate this. Add enough water to the pulp, to make it into a pouring consistency. Mix in the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil, lower the heat, and let it simmer, stirring occasionally, till it thickens a bit. For eating the Paani Puri: Break a hole in the center of the puri, and fill with a little potato and chickpea and sonth chutney if so desired, then fill with the paani and eat the whole puri immediately.