“Lucknowi Pani Puri”

“Lucknowi Pani Puri” Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Snack
Prep Time: 40 mins    | Cook time: 15 mins     | Serves: 2-3

Pani puri (golgappa) is one of the famous street-food in India. Combination of spicy “pani” and crunchy “puri” is just deliciously mouthwatering… and the stuffing “aloo”…yess… when aloo is filled inside the golgappa and dipped in pani then no one can just wait to eat that… I have had golgappa many times, at different places, occasionally got perfect taste…mostly not...I personally can’t compromise with the “pani” taste in this street-food so I thought to try n make this recipe at home. After a lot of failure I finally got the desired, WOW taste…and here it is for you to enjoy…come with me and have a taste of Lucknowi pani-puri.

Ingredients:

Oil to deep fry 

Golgappa (puri) Dough Ingredients:

1/4 cup all-purpose flour/wheat flour

¼ cup suji (semolina)

Pinch of baking soda

1 teaspoon refine oil

Salt as per your taste

Cold water(as required)

Pani Ingredients:

1/4 cup Coriander leaves

¼ cup mint leaves

2 teaspoon tamarind chutney

Black salt as per your taste

1 teaspoon cumin powder

Salt as per your taste

2 teaspoon lemon juice

½ teaspoon chaat masala or amchoor powder

2 teaspoon red chili powder

Aloo masala Ingredients:

1 cup potatoes(boiled and mashed)

¼ cup kala chana

2 onions (finely chopped)

1 teaspoon fennel seed powder

Black salt as per your taste

2 teaspoon red chili powder

Salt as per your taste

2 teaspoon coriander powder

¼ teaspoon roasted cumin powder

                                     

Kitchen utensils required:

• 1 non-stick pan (I prefer: Vinod Zest Non- Stick Friendly Pan)

• 1 Spatula (I prefer: PINDIA Wooden Curved Spoons)
• 20 bowls (I prefer: Borosil Mixing Bowl)
• 1 Mixer-grinder( I prefer: Prestige Hero 550- Watt Mixer Grinder)
• 1 Chopper (I prefer: Genius Nicer Dicer Plus Multi Chopper Vegetable Cutter Fruit slicer)
• 1 cooker (I prefer: Prestige Popular Aluminum Pressure Cooker, 3 Liters)

• 1 Water jug

Step by step procedure:

Prepare golgappa(puri)

Step-1 Take bowl, add maida/wheat flour, suji, refine oil, baking soda and salt. Mix everything very well.

Step-2 Add cold water and knead to get soft dough.

Step-3 Keep aside dough for 20-30 minutes in a warm place.

Step-4 Take out bowl of dough. Now take small part (big lemon size) of dough, apply oil on flat surface where you will prepare Puri. Now put it on that flat surface and with the help of rolling pin roll it in shape of big thin roti.

Step-5 Now cut big roti in shape of golgappa’s (puri’s). Prepare all puri’s and keep aside it for at least 5 minutes.

Step-6 Heat deep fry pan, add oil to deep fry. When oil is super-hot then add few of puri’s at a time. Cook it from both the sides. Similarly prepare all golgappa’s.

Prepare Pani

Step-1 In a grinder, add coriander leaves, mint leaves and water. Now grind it to fine paste.

Step-2 Now strain it in a bowl by using a strainer.

Step-3 In a bowl of paste now add tamarind chutney, lemon juice, red chili powder, black salt, chaat masala, salt and cumin powder.

Step-4 Mix water as required.

Prepare aloo masala

Step-1 Boil potatoes in a cooker. Now take a bowl, add mashed potatoes, red chili powder, kala chana, finely chopped onion, coriander powder, cumin powder, chaat masala, fennel seeds powder and salt.

Step-2 When done, take one golgappa and make hole in its middle, using your finger. Now add aloo masala inside golgappa and then dip it in pani that you had prepared and then…enjoy it in lucknowi style.

Tips:

• Adjust Pani Ingredients according to your taste.

• Adjust ingredients of aloo masala according to your taste.

• Make sure to fry golgappa’s on high flame.

• You can make golgappa with using wheat flour or replace wheat flour with all purpose flour.

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