Pani Puri

The name Pani Puri literally means water in puri-round crisp puffed bread(looks just the size of table tennis ball & is hallow too) . Pani is a hindi & marathi word for water & Puri is hindi & marathi word for round crisp puffed bread ball. It doesn’t sound chatpatta, does it? But this is how it feels , when you put one pani puri in your mouth – explosion of a chatpatta spicy – crispy mouth watering delight! !

Sometimes its so spicy n crispy that your eyes water but you can’t resist the next one coming! Belive me it’s true in my case too!!!! Never met a girl who doesn’t like pani puri.

Now a bit of information about this chatpatta treat,

This is a typical street food which is very popular all over India

It’s called by different names in different parts of India, some call it Foochka & some call it, golgappa but general term used is pani puri. It comes with a bit of variation too…like in some regions they add boiled peas where as in some places they add partially mashed potato & so on

Since the round crisp puffed bread ball is served with special spiced water it‘s called as Pani Puri.

When in India I always prefer to eat pani puri at the panipuri vendors called chaatwaala bhaiya .Every city has its own popular panipuriwala bhaiya.

But since coming to UK, I started making pani puri at home, which I must say is very healthy & nutritious too!! See the ingredients & you too will belive it.

So here’s my version of healthy nutritious chatpatta panipuri

Ingredients:

A packet of "pani-puri" puris (it has about 50 puris which should be sufficient for 5 people)
For filling the puris:
1/4 cup boiled/canned black channa
1/4 cup whole boiled/canned chickpeas lightly mashed

1/4 cup moong soaked n cooked

1/4 cup sprouted moth seeds/matki
1cup very finely chopped onions

1cup very finely chopped coriander
1potato, boiled& partially mashed

1cup emli khajoor chutney(I already have posted the recipe)

1 big glass of chatpatta pani (I already have posted the recipe)

Procedure:

Now here’s how to serve

Make a small hole in the puri & fill with a little potato, finely chopped onion, coriander & 1-2 chick peas, 1-2 kala chana & 3-4 sprouts. Add a 1/2 tsp of emli kajoor chutney chutney.Arrange atleast 6-7 puri’s prepared in this way in a plate & serve with a bowl of chatpatta pani.

Just dunk the puri in the chatpatta pani & put it straight in your mouth for a burst of chatpatta mouthwatering explosion !