Puchka | Pani puri 😋| Kolkata Style | Street Food | Weekend Spl 😃

Street Food : Starter : Kolkata style Pani puri : Puchka 😍

Servings: 8 plates

Duration: 30 mins

Street food, most of the people like to have street food daily or weekly or once in a month because they are super 😋 yummy and mouth watering taste. In street food they are many different varieties of chaat/ Pani puri in different places all over India 🇮🇳

In India, they serve Pani puri, chat,Masala puri, Gobi Manchurian, fried pakoda, onion fritters, sweets, juices, etc., in street food for Evening snack

But Today I prepared a famous and relish street food special in Kolkata of course all over India that’s Pani Puri😋 It is tangy, spicy and tasty and you like to have one more plate again, it’s an endless treat

Such a delicious street food I like to prepare at home with family on weekends. You can prepare this at weekends/ small party at home/ get together/ Bday treat/ can have it for no reason 😉

I used Store bought puri’s, if you have so much time you can make them nicely at home else grab a prepared pack from store it’s easily available. Soon, I will post how to make puri’s for chaat/ Pani puri/ Masala puri

Let’s start with Ingredients and follows Procedure

Ingredients:

Puri’s – as required

Mint-Coriander paste:

Mint leaves – 1 cup – 30 -35 leaves
Coriander leaves – 1 cup – small bunch
Green chillies – 2
Ginger piece – 1 1/2 inch

Potato 🥔 Masala: Stuffing

Boiled potatoes – 4 – 500 gms( peeled off & mashed)
Onions – 1 medium- finely chopped
Black chickpeas/ kala Chana – 80 gms – boiled
Filtered paste( mint coriander) – 1/4 cup ( Explained in Procedure)
Chaat masala powder – 1 tsp
Aamchur powder – 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder – 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp
Red chilly flakes – 1/2 tsp
Salt – 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – chopped
Lemon juice – 1 tb sp( optional )

Pani / Masala Pani 😦 Pani means water )

Mint-Coriander water – 750 ml
Tamarind extract – 250 ml ( soak in hot water upto 20 mins)
Red chilly flakes – 1/2 tsp
Chaat Masala Powder – 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder – 1/2 tsp
Aamchur powder – 1/2 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tb sp
Sugar – 1 tb sp
Cumin powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Onion – finely chopped – 2 tb sp
Coriander finely chopped- 3 tb sp

Toppings:

Finely chopped onion – 1/4 cup
Kala Chana – 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves – 1/2 cup

Procedure:

How to cook perfect Boiled Kala Chana?

Soak 80 gms of kala Chana in a bowl of water
Soak atleast 8-10 hrs
Add kala Chana in pressure cooker
Add 1 tsp salt and cook for 5 whistles
Let the pressure goes off
Open lid and strain water, take one Chana from it and press if it’s mashes easily and soft inside then it’s cooked well.. otherwise cook for more 2-3 whistles
Kala Chana cooked well & Keep aside
Boiled Kala Chana ready

Mint- Coriander paste:

Blend all mentioned mint coriander ingredients in a mixer grinder
Blend till smooth paste
Add 750 ml water in it and again whip it
Fliter the water in a large bowl
Keep water and filtered paste separately
Water (Pani) used in making Masala Pani and paste will be added in potato masala stuffing

Potato Masala stuffing:

In a deep bowl add mashed potatoes
All spices, salt, filtered paste, onion, kala Chana, lemon juice and coriander leaves
Mix well with hand and Keep it aside
Potato Stuffing ready