Pani Puri Recipe is a tangy, spicy North Indian Street food that gets its name because of the Puri and the tangy water used in it. Anyone who is been to Northern India is unlikely to have missed this unique cuisine.
Course Appetizer, Snacks, Starters
Cuisine Indian
Keyword paani puri
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Calories 174kcal
Author Puja
Ingredients
Ingredients for Puri for Paani Puri
1cupFine Semolina (sooji)
3tbspAll-Purpose Flour (maida)
1tspSalt
Wateras required
Oilto fry
To Make Roasted Powder
1tspCoriander Seeds
1tspCumin Seeds
6nosWhole Dry Red Chilli
For Paani
50pcsHajmolacrushed or powdered
1ltrWater
1tspRoasted Powder
1tspGreen Chilli (crushed)or to taste
Black Saltto taste
White Saltto taste
To Make Potato Masala
8Potatomedium size, boiled & peeled
1/2cupBoiled Black Chick Peas (kala chana)
2tspRoasted Powder
2tspGreen Chillicrushed
Black Saltto taste
Saltto taste
Instructions
How to Prepare Roasted Powder for Paani Puri
In a kadhai, add coriander seeds, cumin seeds and whole dry red chilli.
Dry roast everything together. Let it cool down.
Once it gets cool down, add it to the mixer grinder and make a fine powder. Set aside.
How to Prepare Puri for Paani Puri
In a large bowl add semolina, all-purpose flour and salt.
Mix all the dry ingredients and knead the dough with water.
The dough consistency should not be too hard or too soft.
Once done rest the dough for about 20-25 minutes.
After 20 minutes, continue to knead the dough for 2 more minutes.
Now pinch a very small ball sized dough.
Roll and flatten into small disk making sure it is thin.
Deep fry in hot oil, do not overcrowd the oil.
Flip over, once the puri puffs up.
Fry on medium flame until it turns golden brown and crisp from both the sides.
Drain off over kitchen paper to get rid of excess oil.
So the puri is ready for pani puri.
How to prepare Aloo Stuffing
In a small bowl add potato, boiled chana, roasted powder, crushed green chilli, black salt and white salt.
Mix everything well, until it is well combined.
Aloo stuffing is ready to stuff.
How to prepare Pani for Paani Puri
In a large bowl add powdered hajmola, black salt, salt, roasted powder and crushed green chilli.
Now add 1 ltr cold water to it. Mix well.
That's it your hajmola pani is ready to enjoy with golgappa.
Assembling Pani Puri for Serving
Make a small hole in the centre of puri.
Stuff 1 tsp of prepared aloo stuffing into a puri.
Dip into hajmola pani, take it out and serve.
So the homemade pani puri is ready to be served.
Notes
In our, there wasn't any side effects and drawback of using Hajmola.But its usage is completely up to you and at your discretion.