Easy sev puri recipe
A popular street food from Mumbai, the sev puri is a layered snack with sweet, spicy, tangy flavors on a bed of papdi and boiled potatoes
Ingredients
- 15-20 papdis for sev puri
- ¼ cup nylon sev
- ½ cup boiled potatoes chopped finely
- ½ cup tomatoes chopped finely
- ½ cup onions chopped finely
- 2 fresh chilis chopped finely (optional)
- 4-5 tbsp coriander leaves chopped finely
- ¼ cup pomegranate pearls
- 2 tbsp pink salt
- 1 tbsp black salt kala namak
- 1 tbsp chaat masala
- 1 tbsp chili powder optional
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
For the coriander-mint chutney (green chutney)
- ½ cup coriander leaves
- ½ cup mint leaves
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2-3 chilis optional
- 1 tbsp ginger chopped
- salt to tate
For the red chili chutney (red chili chutney)
- 5-6 dried red chilis soaked in hot water for 30 minutes
- 4-5 cloves garlic
- salt to taste
For the dates and tamarind chutney (sweet chutney)
- ½ cup tamarind seedless
- ½ cup dates pitted and roughly chopped
- 1 cup jaggery
- 1 tsp ginger grated
- 1½ cups water
- 1 tsp pink salt
Instructions
- To make the green, spicy chutney, grind all its ingredients to a smooth paste along with ¼ cup water. Remove and set it aside
- To make the sweet and tangy chutney, set a sauce pan with all ingredients under "dates chutney" to cook over medium flame. Once the jaggery melts and the syrup thickens, remove from flame. Let this cool down then blend it to a smooth paste
- To make the red chili chutney, drain the chilis and grind it with the garlic, water and salt to a smooth paste. Remove in a bowl and set it aside
- In a small bowl, mix together the pink and black salts, chaat masala and red chili powder (if using) and keep it aside
- In your serving dish, place the papdis (preferably in a single layer). top it up with the boiled potatoes, then the onions, tomatoes, chilis and some chopped coriander leaves. Sprinkle some of the masala mix (don't go overboard as all the chutneys too have salt in them) and lime juice
- Top this up with the green, red and dates chutneys (amount of each could vary as per taste). Garnish with the sev, chopped coriander leaves and pomegranate pearls
- Serve you lip smacking and chatpata sev puri right away and enjoy!
Notes
- 1 cup = 250 millilitres
- tbsp - tablespoon
- tsp - teaspoon