Sev Puri

It's saturday and a day for enjoying all the fun street foods and here is the recipe of the most loved street food Sev Puri. We can make it even more tastier in our kitchens too. Try this simple recipe at home and your family is going to love it.

Ingredients: 5 papdis
                    1/4cup boiled and chopped potatoes
                    1/4cup finely chopped onions
                    3tbsp Green chutney
                    3tbsp Sweet chutney
                    3tsp Garlic chutney
                    1tsp chaat masala
                    1tsp lemon juice
                    1/2cup sev
                    2tbsp chopped coriander leaves
                    salt to taste

Method: 1)arrange papdis on a plate. Top these papdis with potatoes and onions.
               2)add 1/2tsp of garlic chutney and 2tsp of green chutney and sweet chutney on each of these
                  papdis.
               3)sprinkle with chaat masala, lemon juice and salt on top.
               4)garnish with sev and coriander leaves.
               5)serve immediately.

See also: Vada pav
               Masala toast sandwich/Potato sandwich
               Palak pakora
               Potato rolls
               

Green Chutney, Sweet chutney and Garlic chutney

These 3 chutneys are a must to prepare any Indian chaat and can be served as a dip along with pakodas and vadas. Any chaat will be incomplete without these chutneys. You can keep this for 15days if refrigerated and can prepare chaats any time you wish to have.

Ingredients:

Green chutney: 1cup coriander leaves
                         1/3cup mint leaves
                         1 green chili
                         black salt as required
                         few drops of lemon juice

Sweet chutney: 1cup tamarind pulp
                         1/2cup jaggery
                         1tsp red chilly powder
                         1/2tsp cumin powder
                         salt to taste

Garlic chutney: 1/2cup garlic peeled
                         1tsp cumin powder
                         1 1/2tsp red chili powder
                         juice from one lemon
                         salt to taste

Method:

Green chutney: grind together all the ingredients to a fine chutney by adding very little water.

Sweet chutney: in a bowl add all the ingredients and boil them till it becomes thick.

Garlic chutney: grind together all the ingredients to a coarse chutney by adding little water.

Verum Arisi Dosa

Verum Arisi Dosa is usually prepared in Tamil Nadu and it is an speciality of palakkad region. I had it long back when i visited Tamil nadu and always wanted to try this. Today I made up my mind to prepare this when I got an easy recipe of this from 'rak's kitchen' website. In karnataka plain batter of this dosa is prepared as 'neer dosa'. You can even add drumstick leaves to this to make it more flavorful. 

Ingredients: 1cup idli rice

                    a pinch of cooking soda

                    salt to taste

                    1 small onion finely chopped

                    1 green chili finely chopped

                    1/4cup grated coconut

                    1tbsp curry leaves

                    1/2tsp mustard seeds

                    1tsp urad dal

                    1/4tsp asafoetida

                    2tbsp oil

Method: 1)soak idli rice overnight and grind it into an thin and smooth batter like neer dosa the next 

                 day. add cooking soda, salt and mix well. keep aside.

              2)heat 1tbsp of oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal and asafoetida, when the mustard 

                 seeds splutter add curry leaves, green chillies and fry for a minute. now add onions and fry 

                 till they turn pink. 

              3)allow the above mixture to cool and add it to the previously prepared batter along with the 

                 coconut and mix well.

              4)heat dosa tava, grease it with oil, pour the dosa batter from outside to inside by filling the 

                 gaps. sprinkle little oil and cook it on both the sides.

              5)serve hot with chutney and sambar.

See Also: Neer Dosa

                Appam

Bombay Masala Toast Sandwich/Potato Sandwich

Masala toast also famously known as Bombay toast sandwich is an famous street food of Mumbai. Its made with an potato filling along with green chutney and sliced vegetables and hence stomach filling compared to other sandwiches. I have grilled the sandwiches here, it can be toasted on the tava also. This is typically served with green chutney and tomato sauce.

Ingredients:  8slices of white/brown sandwich bread
                    1cup potato stuffing(recipe follows)
                    1/2cup green chutney(recipe follows)
                    1onion thinly sliced into rounds
                    1tomato thinly sliced into rounds
                    1capsicum thinly sliced into rounds
                    1tsp chaat masala
                    butter/oil as required
                    salt to taste

Potato stuffing: 1cup boiled and smashes potato
                         1/4cup onion finely chopped
                         2 green chillies finely chopped
                         1tsp ginger paste
                         1tsp curry leaves
                         2tsp coriander leaves finely chopped
                         1/4tsp cumin seeds
                         1/4tsp mustard seeds
                         a pinch of turmeric powder
                         2tsp oil
                         salt to taste

Green chutney: 1cup coriander leaves
                         1/3cup mint leaves
                         1 green chili
                         black salt as required
                         few drops of lemon juice

Method:

Potato stuffing: 1)heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and when they splutter add curry  
                            leaves, green chillies, ginger paste, turmeric powder and fry for a minute.
                         2)add onions and fry till they turn transparent, now add smashed potato, salt, coriander
                            leaves and mix well in a low flame.

Green chutney: grind together all the ingredients to a fine chutney by adding required water.

Sandwich: 1)apply butter/oil on both the sides of the bread slices.
                  2)apply green chutney on one side of the bread slices, upon it spread an layer of potato
                     stuffing, above that arrange finely sliced onion, tomato and capsicum. sprinkle some salt
                     and chaat masala on it, cover it with another bread slice to which we have already applied                      green chutney on the inner side.
                  3)place it on the hot grill, apply some more butter on top if required, close the grill and let
                     it grill until the bread becomes crisp and golden brown in color.
                  4)serve hot with green chutney and tomato sauce.
See also:  Tomato-Garlic toast