Sev Puri Recipe
A spicy, sweet and tangy street snack from mumbai.
| Prep Time |
| 45minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 15minutes |
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Ingredients
For the sev puri:
- ¾cup sev or add as required
- 3 medium potatoes (boiled and chopped
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 medium Tomato finely chopped
- 3tbsp coriander leaveschopped
- 1 green chili chopped
- ½cup spicy mint coriander chutney
- ⅓ – ½cup sweet tamarind dates chutney
- ¼ – ⅓cup hot red chili chutney
- 1 tsp red chili powder optional, lal mirch powder
- 2 tsp cumin powder optional, jeera powder
- 2 tsp chaat masala
- 1 tsp Black salt
- 2tsp lime juice
For the spicy green coriander chutney
- 2 cups tightly packed coriander leaves/dhania patta chopped
- 2 green chilies/hari mirch chopped, add more for a spicy chutney
- 1/2inch ginger chopped (optional)
- lime juiceadd as per taste
- ½tsp cumin powder/jeera
- ½tsp chaat masala
- Salt as required
- Water for grinding
For the sweet tamarind dates chutney
- ½cup tightly packed seedless tamarind
- ½cup Seedless dates
- grated jaggery as per your taste
- Wateras needed
- ½tsp roasted cumin powder
- ½tsp coriander powder
- ½tsp dry ginger powder
- ¼-½tsp red chili powder
- Saltas required
for red chili chutney
- 16 dry kashmiri red chilies
- 9 medium garlic cloves
- Salt as required
Instructions
making the green coriander chutney
- rinse the coriander leaves well in 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 tsp 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 keep aside. use this green chutney as required for chaat recipes like this sev puri.
making the sweet tamarind dates chutney
- in a pan, take the tamarind, dates and water.
- cook the tamarind and date for about 8-9 minutes on a low flame till they soften.
- now add the powdered jaggery and continue to cook.
- let the jaggery dissolve and the mixture thicken a bit.
- add all the spice powders – red chili powder, coriander powder, dry ginger powder and roasted cumin powder.
- stir & simmer for a further 1-2 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.
- 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.
preparing red chutney
- break the chilies. deseed them if required.
- soak the red chilies in hot water for about 30 mins. the water just needs to cover them.
- peel and roughly chop the garlic.
- drain the red chilies.
- 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.
for assembling the sev puris
- 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 iup with the green chutney as much as you want. then top up with red chili chutney.
- then with the sweet chutney as much as you want.
- sprinkle sev on top. again sprinkle some chaat masala, cumin powder. sprinkle also black salt.
- add a dash of lime juice to the sev puri. garnish sev puri with chopped coriander leaves.
- serve sev puri immediately.
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