Sev Puri Recipes

SEV PURI

Steps:

• Rinse the coriander leaves well in water. Drain all the water and roughly chop them.
• Take the chopped coriander leaves, chopped green chillies & ginger, cumin powder, chaat masala, lemon juice and salt in a grinder jar or a small blender jar.
• Add 1 or 2 teaspoons water and grind to a smooth chutney. Add a few teaspoons more of the water if required. But don't make the chutney too thin or watery.
• Remove the chutney in a bowl and set aside. Use this green chutney as required for chaat recipes like this sev puri.
• In a pan, take the tamarind, dates and water.
• Cook the tamarind and date for about 8 to 9 minutes on a low heat until they soften.
• Now add the powdered jaggery and continue to cook. Let the jaggery dissolve and the mixture thicken a bit. If you do not have jaggery, use sugar in the same proportion as that of jaggery.
• Add all the ground spice powders - red chili powder, coriander powder, dry ginger powder and roasted cumin powder.
• Stir and simmer for a further 1 to 2 minutes more. Season with salt.
• Let the chutney mixture cool down.
• In a chutney grinder or small blender, grind the this whole mixture till smooth.
• Add some water if required while grinding. Optionally you can strain the chutney through a strainer.
• Store the tamarind date chutney in an airtight bowl or container in the refrigerator and use it when you make chaat at home.
• Break the chilies and remove their seeds with a spoon.
• Soak the red chilies in hot water for about 20 to 30 minutes. The water just needs to cover them.
• Peel and roughly chop the garlic. Drain the red chilies after 20 to 30 minutes
• Adding very little water grind both the red chilies and garlic in a chutney grinder or blender till smooth. The consistency of the chutney should be more towards thicker side or of medium consistency.
• Pour the chutney in a small jar or bowl. Cover and refrigerate.
• When preparing chaat snacks, just add a small amount, while topping the chaat with other chutneys.
• Keep all the ingredients like the chutneys, chopped boiled potatoes, chopped onions and tomatoes, sev, lime juice read on your work surface.
• Arrange the puris on a plate. Top it up with chopped boiled potatoes.
• Add chopped onions and tomatoes to it.
• Sprinkle some chaat masala and cumin powder on it, if you want at this stage.
• Top up with the green chutney as much as you want. Then top up with a bit of red chili chutney.
• Then with the sweet chutney as much as you want.
• Sprinkle sev on top all over. Again sprinkle a few pinches of chaat masala, roasted cumin powder. Sprinkle also a few pinches black salt of regular salt.
• Add a dash of lemon juice to the sev puri. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve sev puri immediately so that the puris does not become soggy. Assemble and make sev puri this way with the rest of the ingredients.