Pani Puri
Round, hollow puri, filled with a mixture of flavored spicy green water, date-tamarind chutney, potatoes flavored with chaat masala, mung beans, chickpeas and potatoes!
Servings: 4
Sweet Water Ingredients
- 12 oz Pitted Dates
- 2 tbsp Tamarind Concentrate
- 2 tsp Black Salt
- 1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
Spicy Green Water
- 2 cup Tightly Packed Mint Leaves
- 2 cup Tightly Packed Cilantro
- 8-10 Thai Green Chilis
- 1 Big Lemon
- 3 tsp Black Salt
- 2 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
- ½ tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 2 tbsp Jaggery
- 2 tbsp Pani Puri Masala
Other Ingredients
- 2 box Crispy Puris 40-60 puris
- 2 cup Boiled Potatoes
- 2 cup Boiled Mung
- 2 cup Boiled Kala Chana
- 3 tsp Chaat Masala
- 1 cup Chopped Sweet onions optional
- 1 cup Desi Yogurt optional
- ½ cup Chopped Cilantro optional
- 1 cup Thin Sev optional
Soak mung beans for 6-8 hours. Boil them with salt and water. Doing one whistle in Indian pressure cooker would be just enough. You do not want to over cook it, it gets mushy if they are boiled for longer. Once boiled, discard extra water and keep them aside.
Soak kala chana for 6-8 hours. Boil them with salt and water. Doing 3-4 whistle in Indian pressure cooker would be enough. Once boiled, discard extra water, add 1-2 tsp of chaat masala, mix it and keep them aside
Mash boiled potatoes, add 1-2 tsp chaat masala. Mix it and keep it aside.
Sweet Pani/Water
Boil pitted dates in a pressure cooker. Let it cool down some.
Blend boiled dates, tamarind concentrate, black salt and roasted cumin powder with 3 cups of cold water and some ice.
Blend it until it gets to smooth thick water (light smoothie) consistency. Taste it and add black salt if needed. Add more water/ice if it is too thick. If it taste sour, add some jaggery to make it sweet. Keep it refrigerated.
Spicy Green Water
Blend all spicy green water ingredients with 4 cups of water. Taste it and add more spices/black salt/pani puri masala/lemon juice if needed.
Strain spicy green water with a strainer. Add some ice to the strained spicy water and keep it refrigerated.