Pani Puri Recipe
Pani Puri is a wonderful Indian street food that consists of boiled potatoes, steamed moong sprouts, spicy tangy water, and sweet chutney.
Ingredients
Making Puri
- 1 cup Wheat flour
- 1 cup Suji (fine semolina)
- Baking powder – around a pinch
- ½ teaspoon Salt as per taste
- Water
- Oil
Stuffing Ingredients
- 2 pcs Potato, boiled
- ½ cup White dry peas
- ½ tbsp Pani Puri masala
- ½ tsp Black salt
- 1 tbsp Coriander, chopped
Ingredients for Paani
- 2 tbsp Mint leaves: Handful or as required
- 2 tbsp Coriander: Handful or as required
- Green chilli: A single piece
- 1 inch Ginger
- ½ tsp Black salt
- 1 tbsp Pani Puri masala
- Ice: a few cubes
- Water: as per requirement
- 2 teaspoon Mithi chutney
- a pinch Hing (asafoetida)
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- ½ cup Boondi
Masala for Pani Puri
- 2 tbsp Jeera (cumin seeds)
- 1 tsp Black pepper
- 2 pcs Dry red chilli
- ½ tsp Salt or as required
- ½ tsp Black salt
- 2 tsp Amchur powder
- 1 tbsp Jaggery
Instructions
Making Pani Puri
- Mix the ingredients of wheat flour, suji, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Keep adding water gradually to make a tight dough. Make sure to check the consistency.
- Once done, cover the dough in a damp cloth and let it stayfor 15 to 20 minutes.
- Roll the dough into cylindrical rolls and then cut them into pieces around 2 cm in size. Roll each of them into oval-shaped puris.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry these puris until crispy andbrown. Keep them aside.
Making Pani Puri stuffing
- Boil the potatoes then peel and chop them.
- Finely chop the onion. You can skip it.
- Mix potatoes, onions, coriander leaves, cumin powder, chaat masala powder, and black salt or regular salt in a bowl. Mix well and keep aside.
Making Pani (spiced water)
- In a blender add all the ingredients for pani.
- Add water and grind to a fine chutney.
- Remove the green chutney in a large bowl.
- Rinse the mixer jar with ½ cup water first and then add this water to the bowl. Then add ½ to ¾ cup more water.
- Mix well. Add more salt, jeera powder, chaat masala and aamchur powder if required.
- If you require teekha Pani, add 2 red chilli and black pepper then grind green chutney.
- If your requirement is meetha paani then also add jaggery in water.
- Add the boondi to the Pani.
- You can chill the Pani in the fridge or add some ice cubes to it.
Assembling Pani Puri
- Crack the top of the puri with a spoon or finger.
- Add 2 to 3 teaspoons of the boiled potato-onion filling.
- Stir the green Pani first and then add it to the puri. You can also add sweet chutney if needed.
- Serve the Pani Puri immediately.
Notes
- You can also make individual portions with the puris, potato-onion mixture, and Pani.
- Let the individual assemble the Pani Puri for himself/herself as per his/her taste.
- That would provide them with an opportunity to relish the food as per their individual preferences.