Pani for Pani Puri / Golgappa recipe

This popular street food doesn't need any introduction, it's everyone's favorite and most popular selling street food. It can easily be prepared at home. Pani means water and Puri means fried crisp puffed balls. Preparing Pani at home is not only a healthier way of enjoying but also allows you to customize it the way you like it. Puri drenched in sour n spicy mint flavored water and to make it little tangy and sweet dates n tamarind chutney is used, fillings depends upon person to person. Do try this at home it taste Yummy!!!

Ingredients:

For Spicy Pani ( Green Pani)

1/2 cup Coriander leaves/ dhaniya patta (chopped)
Handful of Mint leaves / Pudina patta (chopped)
2-3 Green chilies / Hari mirch
1 tsp dry ginger powder
1 -2 tsp roasted cumin powder ( bhuna jeera )
1 tsp Chat masala powder
Salt to taste
Water
1 tblsp Boondi (salty)

For Sweet Chutney or Pani

4-5 Dates
1 tblsp jaggery
1 tblsp of tamarind
1 tsp cumin powder
Salt to taste
Water


Method : ( Prepare spicy and sweet chutney separately)
For Spicy Pani

• In a blender add all the ingredients mentioned above for spicy pani except boondi
• Add little water and grind to a fine paste or chutney
• For Green or Spicy chutney remove the chutney in a bowl and add 2-3 cups of water and check the taste, add more jeera powder, chat masala or salt required.
• You can adjust the consistency of thickness by adding more or less water.
• Add bondi on top and mix well.
• Keep the Spicy or green pani in the fridge or add ice cubes before serving.

For Sweet Pani

• In a sauce pan add water, dates, jaggery and tamarind and bring it to a boil.
• Mash them in between and let it cool down.
• In a strainer, strain out all the juice.
• Add salt, cumin powder and mix well.
• Sweet pani  is ready.

For Filling:

• Boil 1 potato in a pressure cooker.
• Peel the skin and chop them.
• In a bowl add chopped potato, chopped onions, salt , pinch of red chilli powder and chat masala. Mix and keep it aside.

For Assembling:

• Take one puri, gently make a hole in the middle with a spoon or thumb.
• Stuff the potato filling and some sev ( optional).
• Add little sweet chutney and then dip/add green pani and serve immediately.