SEV PURI RECIPE | MUMBAI SEV PAPDI CHAT

SEV PURI /SHEV POORI /INDIAN CHAT  is another favourite chat sold on Mumbai streets. Every bhelwala has his own recipe of sevpuri. Sevpuri, as the name

indicates is sev topped on puris or papadis, along with potatoes and chutneys. Tangy, crisp and tongue tickling are some words that come to my mind when I

think of sevpuri. The very thought makes my mouth water as I reach out to make this delicious chaat!
Last saturday I made this shevpuri which was so delicious that we ended up in eating this in our dinner

Ingredients:

Flat Puris /Papdi - 1 packet (I had used garden sev puris)Potatoes, boiled and mashed 2-3
Green Chutney (recipe below)
Date and Tamarind Chutney (recipe below)
Red Chilli Paste (recipe below)
Thin Sev /shev  - 1 cup
Onion  finely chopped - 2
Tomatoes finely chopped - 2
Raw Mango, cut into small pieces (optional)

 

Garnishing
Coriander (kothmir/dhania)  finely chopped - 1 cup
1-2 tsp red chili powder
1-2 tsp chaat masala 

 Fresh Green Chutney

1 cup coriander leaves
 1 cup mint leaves
 1 small onion, chopped
 Juice of half a lemon
 1 – 2 green chillies
 water  as required
 salt, as per taste
 sugar as per taste

Method:

Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend to a paste.

Sweet and Sour Date – Tamarind Chutney

20 – 25 dates (remove seeds)
 ¼ cup water
 1 tablespoon tamarind paste
 1 tsp red chili powder
 1 tsp cumin coriander powder
 1 tablespoon sugar / jaggery
 ½ teaspoon salt

Method:

Place  above ingredients in mixie & Blend to a fine paste.

Spicy Chilli – Garlic Chutney

10 – 12 cloves of garlic, peeled
 3 long mild red Kashmiri chillies (or more to taste)

1 tsp dahalya (split chana dal) (optional)
 1 tablespoon lemon juice
 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
 ½ cup boiling water

Method:

Soak chillies in  half cup boiling water for about 5 minutes.

Place the chillies and the soaking water in a blender, along with the garlic cloves,dahalya and lemon juice.

ASSEMBLE  SHEVPURI
1.Arrange the puris in a plate.
2.Top each puri with some mashed potato, green chutney, red chilli chutney, chopped onion, tomato,mango, and sprinkle a little chaat masala & red chilli powder.
3.Cover with a generous amount of sev on top of each puris.Add a dash of date tamarind chutney.
3.Again sprinkle some chaat masala, red chili powder
4.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve immediately.

Tip:
Serve immediately or the puris may become soggy.