Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Pani Puri/Gol Gappe~~ICC

Pani puris, i cant forget these tiny puris with potato/peas filling served with tamarind chutney and spicy water, had them long back when i was doing my college in India, my most favourite street food i never ever say 'NO'..Our this month Indian Cooking Challenge was this pani puri and i was very excited to try out these delicious street food at home, that too making out pani puris from the scratch, i always have a thought to make them from the scratch, its was realized through ICC..I never prepared these cute and tiny puris at home coz my better half never knew these chaat foods as he was brought up with chocolates and pastas..I never choosed and asked my hubby to have these street foods whenever we go to India or here in Indian restaurants, i know he will definitely say no and i dont want to compel him...Its quite a great opportunity for me to prepare and having this pani puris at home, also i can ask my hubby to taste and see..To be honest, for my surprise he enjoyed a lot and even before taking some clicks almost all the puris i have prepared vanished with potato filling along with tamarind chutney and spicy water, everyone at home enjoyed it a lot..While making out these tiny puris, i have to change the ingredients given by Srivalli for the puris, coz the baking soda she mentioned for making puris didnt turned them prefectly, so i went for semolina , maida,oil and salt with baking powder, this proportion for puri turned them out puffy and crispy else i followed exactly the same way as the recipe given by Srivalli..

Pani puri

For Puris:
1/2cup Semolina
3tbsp Maida
1/2tsp Baking powder
Salt
1tbsp Oil
Oil for deep frying

In a bowl, mix the semolina, maida, salt and oil, springle some water and knead well to make a stiff dough, let it sit for 15 minutes, then make 3 balls from the dough and roll them as large circles..with a cutter , cut as small circles and cover this tiny puris with a damp cloth, continue the process until the dough get finished..

Now heat the oil for deep frying and fry the already prepared tiny puris, slightly pressing with a slotted spoon, until they get puff and turns golden brown..drain the excess of oil in a paper towel..

Potato Filling:
5nos Potatoes
1/2tsp Red chilly powder
Salt

Pressure cook the potatoes for three whistles, once the pressure get released, take off the potatoes, peel the skin and mash them nicely with red chilly powder and salt and keep aside..

Spicy Water:
1cup Mint leaves
Few corinader leaves
1no Tamarind (blueberry size)
1tsp Ginger
3nos Green chillies
1tsp Roasted cumin powder
1tsp Black salt
Salt

Grind everything in a blender as fine paste, add enough water and arrange this spicy water in fridge to serve chilled..

Red Tamarind Chutney:
1cup Tamarind juice
1/2cup Jaggery
2tbsp Sugar
1/2tsp Red chilli powder
1/4tsp Pepper powder
2cups Warm water
1tsp Cumin seeds
2nos Cloves

Dry roast the cumin seeds and cloves together and ground them as fine powder..add the jaggery, sugar, red chilly powder, pepper powder, roasted cumin-cloves powder and salt to the tamarind juice, heat this mixture in a pan and heat again for few minutes in simmer, put off the stove and let them get cooled..This chutney tends to turn thick once its get cooled..blend this mixture until a smooth paste, red tamarind chutney is ready..My tamarind chutney went bit dark coz of the tamarind i used for, else tastewise its was fabulous..

How to serve Panipuris:
Poke a small hole in the center of the puris,add a teaspoon of the mashed potato filling in the hole,top this smashed potatoes with little red tamarind chutney, dip this stuffed puris in the spicy water and gulp it..

54 comments:

Shanthi Krishnakumar said... Reply To This Comment

excellent, this is the exact way I do

Aruna Manikandan said... Reply To This Comment

looks perfect dear :-)

Srividhya Ravikumar said... Reply To This Comment

really nice ..everybody's favourite..

Raks said... Reply To This Comment

very easy method,for both chutneys and the poori,will sure try this one :)

Kanchan said... Reply To This Comment

My favorite too ... infact I don't know anyone who doesn't love this :)

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so so droolie delicous.

Niloufer Riyaz said... Reply To This Comment

looks perfect, n nice clicks

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

I know how much time and effort it has taken to prepare the snack. The pani puris are fluffy and crispy! The fillings are spicy and delightful! I'm sure you all must've enjoyed it as much as we did!

Simplyfood said... Reply To This Comment

Mouthwatering crunchy and delicious.

subhashini said... Reply To This Comment

My most fav road side food.Looks yummy and delicious.

Vaishali Sharma said... Reply To This Comment

Priya

Pani Puri looks delicious ! My favorite chaat.
This was a good challenge. I too enjoyed making these at home!

Saraswathi Iyer said... Reply To This Comment

My fav too enjoyed lots when I was in India last month. Looks mouth watering.

fimere said... Reply To This Comment

ils sont très beaux et bien dorés
j'adore
bonne journée

My Kitchen Antics said... Reply To This Comment

ooh im drooling...wish there was a pani puri place in london i cud go to :(

Rach said... Reply To This Comment

I love pani puri and this looks fantastic !

Madhura Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Looks wonderful.Love it.

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

I just discovered your blog and i find it very nice!

lata raja said... Reply To This Comment

Hey Priya, i can fully well understand why you got to eat only five of them...Left to me, you would have had none!

FH said... Reply To This Comment

YUM! I guess I will be seeing loads of ICC Pani Puri now, which is great. I hesitate to eat this on the street cart but love to make it at home, may be after I come back from my vacation.Looks yum.

Yasmeen said... Reply To This Comment

Yum crunchy spicy tangy puris..been ages since I ate these fun snack :D

Kiran said... Reply To This Comment

Always a mouthwatering snack.

Vrinda said... Reply To This Comment

Looks perfect,well done..

Sarah Naveen said... Reply To This Comment

yummy yumm!!! looks so perfect

SS blogs here said... Reply To This Comment

This is fun.. pani puri everywhere! Yours look terrific! Glad your husband got to try them!

SE said... Reply To This Comment

Gosh !!! this is amazing...i love these !!!!

Umm Mymoonah said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so yummy Priya, nice little puri's

Rachana said... Reply To This Comment

Mouthwatering pani-puris. I wish to have it now :-)

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect pani puri Priya, no words..

Love
Kairali sisters

Nammi said... Reply To This Comment

lovely photo, always so pani puri being sold on the streets , while abroad, never tried them though. love the chuttneys

Satya said... Reply To This Comment

hi priya..Thanks to ICC every body making panipuri ...panipuri is very body's all time favorite and i simply love them ...really crazy about it ...now i also can't resist more i will also prepare it ,today it self....Thank q for the tip ...i will make accordingly ....thank q so much for coming to my place n giving nice compliments priya.....

Shri said... Reply To This Comment

Who will not like this..They look just great, Priya!

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

My favorite too..looks fantastic!

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

panpuri is my favt one priya...its tempting me very much

Shabitha Karthikeyan said... Reply To This Comment

To be honest I had never tasted Pani Puri in my life..All my friends would go for it but I always preferred the Bhel Puri..not sure why..But the way you prepared it makes me feel I have missed something..I will try out !!!

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Priya,

Panipuri looks really good. I too enjoyed making them.

PranisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

really good one priya..everyones favorite chat.. perfectly done

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Priya, perfect golgappa for the outcome. Beautiful clicks :)

Mary Bergfeld said... Reply To This Comment

This really does look tasty. I'm sure it tastes every bit as good as it looks. Blessings...Mary

Sreelekha Sumesh said... Reply To This Comment

PAni puri looks great priya.Perfect.Am drooling over here.

Suman Singh said... Reply To This Comment

OMG...the name itself made my mouth watering...mm..and you made it from scratch...hats soft to you...looks fabulous...yummie!

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

excellent ...looks perfect!!

Sum Raj said... Reply To This Comment

yumyyyyyy..my fav

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

amazing !!! i dont remem saying a NO to pani puris ever,

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said... Reply To This Comment

fantastic looking gol gappas. love it.

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said... Reply To This Comment

perfectly puffed puris and flavorful water and stuffing...drooling pics priya..i love making my puris @home always...fresh as i hesitate to try out...

Mahi said... Reply To This Comment

Nice and easy recipe!

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said... Reply To This Comment

hmm super and I just love these snack Priya...will get back to u soon once I reach India

Shubha Ravikoti said... Reply To This Comment

Nice one...:)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect pani puris, Priya..Great job!!

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

mouthwatering pani pooris Priya...kudos to you!

Madhuri Krishna Bhat said... Reply To This Comment

Wow puri looks so perfect and drooling here

GEETHA ACHAL said... Reply To This Comment

looks so tempting...

Suma Rowjee said... Reply To This Comment

Wow!! One of the most tempting things on earth ever:-))

SathyaSridhar said... Reply To This Comment

Ennudaya faav Priya,,neenga nalla seithurkeenga enna ICC kka hmm kalakkunga..