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Dabeli

Dabeli - a famous Indian street food. Sweet, spicy, tangy potato mixture is pressed between buns, flavored with sweet, spicy and garlicky chutney, garnished with spicy peanuts, pomegranate, onions, cilantro and thin sev
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Servings: 6

Ingredients

Dabeli Masala

  • 2 Boiled Potatoes medium/large sized russet potatoes
  • ½ cup Chopped Onions
  • 1 tsp Chopped Serrano
  • 1 tbsp Amul Butter any butter or oil
  • 2 tbsp Dabeli Masala
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
  • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • ¼ cup Date Temarind Chutney any sweet tangy chutney
  • 1 cup Pomegranate
  • 2 tbsp Dry Coconut Powder or Dry Shredded coconut
  • 1 cup Chopped Cilantro

Spicy Peanut (use store bought if not want to make it from scratch)

  • 1 cup Roasted Peanuts without skin
  • 1 tsp Oil
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ tsp Red Chili Powder
  • ¼ tsp Chaat Masala

Garlic Chutney

  • 10 cloves Garlic
  • ½ tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 3 Dry Whole Red Chili (mild ones) soaked in hot water for 10 min
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Oil

Other Ingredients

  • 10 Small Bread Buns or 6 big buns
  • 1 cup Thin Sev
  • ½ cup Spicy Green Chutney
  • ½ cup Date Temarind Chutney any sweet tangy chutney
  • 3 tbsp Amul Butter any butter or oil

Instructions

Prepare Dabeli Masala

  • Heat up 1-2 tbsp of amul butter (any butter or oil if making vegan) in a pan.
  • Saute chopped onions and serrano until the onions get translucent.
  • Add kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and dabeli masala.
  • Mix well and cook on low-medium heat for couple of minutes.
  • Add 2 tbsp of water and ¼ cup of date tamarind chutney (any sweet tangy red chutney). Mix well
  • Add mashed boiled potatoes. Mix well.
  • Cook for couple of minutes. Add more water and mix well if the filling is too hard still. Taste and add more sweet chutney and/or salt if needed. Spread it evenly on a serving plate.
  • Sprinkle pomegranate seeds, coconut powder and chopped cilantro on top of the stuffing.
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Make Garlic Chutney

  • Blend all garlic chutney ingredients in a blender and make a smooth paste. Make sure to only use just enough water to make it like a thick paste consistency.

Make Spicy Peanuts

  • Roast peanut and remove the skin.
  • Mix other ingredients listed under "Spicy Peanut" with roasted peanuts well.

Assembly

  • Cut each bun in half.
  • Spread butter, garlic chutney, date tamarind chutney and spicy green chutney on each side.
  • Spread generous amount of prepared dabeli masala filling on one side of the bread.
  • Top it with some spicy peanuts, chopped onions, more pomegranate and thin sev.
  • Place other side of the bread on top of the fillied side.
  • Press the dabeli a little so all the layers sticks to each other along with both side of the bread.
  • Cook it lightly on buttered pan for couple of minutes on each side.
  • Dust some more thin sev on each side of the dabeli.
  • Serve it immediately!
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