Thursday 3 November 2011

Paani / Spicy water for Paani poori

This is the spicy water flavoured with mint and curry leaves. A nice companion for golgappas.

This comes for about 100 paani pooris

Ingredients:
Coriander - 1 small bunch
Mint - 1 small bunch
Curry leaves - handfull
Green chilli - 5-6
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Kaala namak (Black salt) - 1/2 tsp
Salt as per taste
Tamarind - 2 lemons size
Coriander, Mint, Curry leaves, Green chilli, Cumin powder, Coriander Powder and Tamarind
Method:
Grind all the above ingredients except tamarind.
Soak the tamarind until soft and extract the juice. Mix the tamarind pulp along with 8-10 cups of water and add the ground mixture.

For the filling
2 cups of boiled chickpea
2 cups of mashed potato
1 cup of  finely chopped onion
1 tsp - Chat masala
1/2 tsp - chili powder (optional)
Salt as per taste
lemon juice extracted from 1 lemon

Mix all the above ingredients and keep it aside.

To make the paani poori, take each poori, make a whole by tapping it gently, fill it with the potato mixture and pour the paani into it.
Golgappas ready to serve with spicy paani

1 comment:

  1. Never saw curryleaves in pani..u gave a south Indian touch 2 pani..:)

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