Moong Pakoda Chat

Aloo Mungodi Chat in Marathi

serves : 2 to 3 persons

Ingredients:
:::Moong Pakoda:::
1/2 cup Green Moong Dal
3-4 Green Chilies
4 Garlic Cloves
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
1 tsp Cumin Powder
Salt to taste
Oil for deep-frying
::::Potato::::
2 Medium Potato, boiled
1 tsp Butter
Salt to taste
1 tsp Lemon Juice
::::Red Chutney::::
I dint have time to soak Red Chilies So I used following ingredients:
2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
1 tsp Coriander Powder
2-3 tbsp Water
::::Other Ingredients::::
2 tbsp Green Chutney
1/4 cup Tamarind Chutney
2 tsp Chat Masala
1 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 cup Yogurt
1/2 tsp Black Salt
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Cilantro, finely chopped
1/4 cup Onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup Nylon Sev
1/4 tsp Red Chili Powder

Method:
1) Keep ready Green Chutney and Tamarind Chutney. In a medium bowl, whisk Yogurt and keep aside.
2) For Moong Pakoda, soak Green Moong Dal for atleast 3 hours and drain. Grind Dal with Green chilies, Garlic Cloves, Red Chili Powder, Turmeric Powder, Cumin Powder, salt to taste. Heat Oil and drop very small balls in it. Deep fry Pakoda over medium heat.
3) Peel potato and make 1 inch cubes. Heat a pan, add 1 tsp butter. Heat should be on medium. Sprinkle little salt and stir well for about a minute. Turn off heat, add Lemon Juice and mix well.
4) In a serving plate place 8 to 10 Pakodas. Add some potato cubes over top of the Pakodas. Drizzle 2-3 tbsp Yogurt, Green chutney / Tamarind Chutney / Red Chutney to taste. Again drizzle some yogurt, sprinkle Chat Masala, Cumin Powder, Black salt, normal salt, and Red Chili Powder. Garnish with Cilantro and Nylon sev. Serve immediately as snack or appetizer.

Labels:
Mungodi Chat, Aloo Mungodi Chat, Pakoda chat, Moong Pakora Chat

Dahi Batata Puri

Dahi Batata puri in Marathi

Serves : 2 persons

Ingredients:
14 Puris of Panipuri (Click here for the Recipe)
½ cup Boiled and mashed Potatoes
½ cup Onion, finely chopped
½ cup Tomato, finely chopped
¾ cup Thick Yogurt
½ cup Tamarind Chutney
¼ cup green Chutney
Chat Masala to taste
Black salt to taste
Salt to taste
½ tsp Sugar
2 tbsp Chopped Cilantro for Garnishing

Method:
1) Take two plates; place 7 Puries in each plate. Make a medium hole at thinner side of each puri.
2) Whisk yogurt and make it smooth. Add 3-4 tbsp water and whisk again. Add little salt and sugar and mix nicely.
3) Stuff little mashed potato in each puri very carefully. Sprinkle little salt then add Onion and tomato. Now sprinkle pinch of black salt. Drizzle Tamarind Chutney and Green chutney according to your taste. Then sprinkle chat masala and add whisked Yogurt on each puri. Garnish with Cilantro. And serve immediately.

Note:
1) sprinkle little Nylon Sev according to your choice.

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Dahi Wada

Dahi Wada in Marathi

Serves: 10 Medium Vada


Ingredients:
::::Vada:::
¾ cup Urad Dal
¼ cup Fresh Coconut, small thin pieces
4-5 Black Pepper, crushed coarsely
Salt to taste
2 cup Buttermilk, thin consistency
Oil for Deep frying
::::Yogurt blend::::
1 ½ cup plain Yogurt
5 to 6 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt or to taste
::::Other Seasonings::::
Ground Black Pepper
Red Chili Powder
Chat Masala

Method:
1) Wash and soak Urad Dal for 5 hours. Drain after 5 hours. Grind Urad dal for about 3 to 4 minutes or until fine and light paste. Do not add water while grinding. Urad batter should be thick. Add salt, crushed Black Pepper and coconut pieces to the batter and mix well.
2) Heat oil for deep frying. Keep the heat on medium. Drop spoonful batter with hands or with the spoon. Deep fry until golden brown.
3) Take buttermilk into a bigger bowl and little sugar and little salt and mix. Put fried wadas into buttermilk and soak for an hour.
4) While wadas are soaking in the buttermilk, start making Yogurt mixture. Whisk yogurt until smooth. Add very little water if needed. Add salt and sugar to taste. Refrigerate for an hour to make yogurt chill.
5) To serve, place 2 to 3 soaked wadas into serving plate. Pour enough amount of Yogurt over wadas. Sprinkle little Chat Masala, Black pepper, and red Chili Powder.

Labels:
Dahi Wada, Dahi vada, Indian Chat Food

Ragda Pattice

Ragda Pattice in Marathi

Treat from Mumbai streets

Ingredients
Ingredients for Patties
1 lb Potato boiled, peeled and mashed
1 tsp Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste

Ingredients for Ragda (Curry)
1 to 1 & half cup White/Yellow Peas (Dried)
For Tempering: 2 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil, 1 pinch Asafoetida, 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder, 1-2 tablespoon Red Chili Powder
1 teaspoon Tamarind Paste
1/4 cup Unsweetened Shredded Coconut (optional)
Salt to taste
Water to make gravy

Ingredients for Tamarind Chutney (ready to eat version is available with most of the Indian grocery stores)
Click here

Ingredients for Green Chutney (ready to eat version is available with most of the Indian grocery stores)
Click here

Other ingredients for garnishing
2 medium Onion finely chopped
Yellow Sev (Indian Fried Snack made from Chickpea flour)
Chopped Cilantro



Method:
1) Soak white peas overnight into water. Cook in Pressure cooker till soft and tender.
2) Tamarind Chutney & Green Chutney

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3) Ragda: (White Pea Curry)
Heat 2-3 tablespoon Oil in a saucepan. Add Asafoetida, turmeric Powder, Red Chili Powder then add cooked White peas. Fry for 1-2 minutes. Add enough water to make gravy. Then add Shredded coconut, salt to taste tamarind paste and bring to boil.
4) Patties
In mixing bowl put mashed potatoes, add turmeric powder and salt. Knead it well and make 2 inch diameter balls and press each of them a little with hand palms to make round shape patties.
Spread 2-3 tablespoon Oil over nonstick frying pan. Place these patties into pan. Keep 1 inch distance to turn the sides. Turn on the Gas on Medium, Put the pan on Heat. Pour some oil (3-4 teaspoon) with spoon around the patties. Fry one side until it becomes golden brown. Turn the side and let the other side to cook.
5) How to Serve

Now all the Items are ready to assemble:
First place 2 patties in the bowl
Pour Ragda (Curry) on Patties so that patties are partially immersed in ragda.
Add 2 tablespoon Tamarind Chutney
Add 1 tablespoon Green Chutney. (Use lesser to make it sweeter)
Add 2 tablespoon Chopped onion
Garnish with enough/ required amount of Sev and Cilantro.

Note:
Leftover chutneys are excellent dippings

Labels:
Ragda Pattice, Ragada patties recipe, Mumbai Street food, Chat Items

Dabeli

Dabeli in Marathi

Mumbai Street snack

Servings: 6

Ingredients:
6 to 8 Pavbhaji buns
2 medium potatoes, boiled
3/4 cup pomegranate
10-12 Black Grapes
3/4 cup Onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup roasted and peeled peanuts
1/2 cup Nylon Sev (Otional)
1 tbsp pavbhaji masala
1/2 tbsp chat masala
2-3 tsp vegetable oil
Salt to taste
2 tbsp butter
Green chutney and Tamarind Chutney


Method:
1) First, prepare both green and tamarind chutneys.
2) Season chopped onion with 1/2 tsp chat masala. Cut each Grape into half.
3) Mash or grate boiled potatoes. Then heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok, add 4 tbsp tamarind chutney, 1 tbsp pavbhaji masala and grated potatoes. Also add salt to taste and mash all together. This is Dabeli Masala, which will be used as stuffing later.
4) Take a plate which should be atleast 1 inch deep. Transfer Potato stuffing in the plate and spread evenly (1/2 inch Layer). Garnish with Grapes, Peanuts, Pomegranate, Cilantro and Nylon Sev (Picture).
) Slit up each bun horizontally, keeping 2 adjacent edges intact, so that it resembles bun packet.
4) Apply 1 tsp tamarind chutney and 1 tsp green chutney inside the bun packet. Stuff the Dabeli masala prepared in step 2. Also add little pomegranates, roasted peanuts and chopped onion.
5) Put 1/2 tsp butter on heated tawa and press stuffed bun over it and let both side turn light brown. Sprinkle little sev. Serve hot.

Labels:
Bombay snack, mumbai street food, kacchi dabeli, dabeli recipe, recipe for dabeli.

Pani for Panipuri

Pani for Panipuri in Marathi

Related Recipes:

Puris for Panipuri / Golgappa

Stuffing For Pani Puri

Pani for Panipuri 1

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Tamarind
4-5 tbsp grated Jaggery
10 Dates
Black Salt to taste
6 to 7 Green Chilies
1/4 cup Cilantro, finely chopped
2 tsp Cumin Powder
1 tsp Coriander Powder
Salt to taste
Method:
1) Soak Tamarind in a cup of hot water for 4 hours. Squeese and make tamarind juice. Soak dates into water for 4-5 hours. Remove seeds and blend to fine paste.
2) Grind Green Chilies and Cilantro together to fine paste.
3) Take 3 to 4 cups of water. Add tamarind juice, Dates paste, black salt, Chili-cilantro paste, Cumin and Coriander powder, salt to taste. Mix all together. Refrigerate for an hour before serving.

Pani for Panipuri 2

Ingredients:
Tangy water
1/2 cup Tamarind
1/2 tsp grated Ginger
8 to 10 Mint leaves
Red chili Powder OR Green chili paste to taste
1 tsp Chat Masala
Black salt to taste
salt to taste
Sweet Chutney
1/4 cup grated Jaggery
10 to 12 Dates
Method:
1) Soak Tamarind in a cup of hot water for 4 hours. Squeeze and make tamarind juice. Add 3 to 4 cups of water as per requirement. Then add red Chili Powder, Chat Masala, Ginger, Black salt and normal salt to taste.
2) Add jaggery to 1/4 cup water and crush well. Wait till it dissolves in water completely. Soak dates into water for 4-5 hours. Once they become squishy, Remove seeds and blend to fine paste without adding water.
3) While eating panipuri, First add filling, then Sweet chutney and then Tangy Water.

Pani for Panipuri 3

Sweet and Sour Chutney
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Tamarind (deseeded)
5 to 6 tbsp dates paste (Tip 1)
1/2 cup grated jaggery
Approx 2 cups water (Tip 3)
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp Coriander powder
1/4 tsp salt
Method:
1) Soak 1/4 cup tamarind in 1 cup very hot water and cover for 15 minutes. Blend it into a blender. Strain and get a nice pulp out of tamarind.
2) Add dates paste to tamarind pulp. Also add jaggery, cumin powder, coriander powder and little salt. Mix well or put into blender to blend sweet chutney nicely.
Tips:
1) I used readymade mashed dates. It is also called baking dates and are generally available in rectangular packet. The main advantage of these dates is they are in paste form which doesn't require soaking.
If you want to use normal dates, use 12 to 15 dates. Deseed them and soak into 1/2 cup warm water for 15 minutes and puree.
2) Adjust the amount of jaggery to your taste.
3) Some people like to use thick chutney in panipuri. Some may like thin consistency. Adjust the amount of water according to your preference.

Spicy Water using readymad Panipuri Masala
Ingredients:
2 tbsp Pani puri Masala
1/2 cup Cilantro
12 to 15 Mint leaves
5 to 6 green chilies
800 ml cold water (3 to 4 cups)
Additional salt to taste
1/2 tsp Rock salt (Optional)
1/2 tsp Amchoor Powder (Optional)
Method:
1) Grind cilantro, mint leaves and green chilies together. Add it to cold water. Stir nicely.
2) Add pani puri masala, amchoor powder and salt in the water. Stir nicely and refrigerate for an hour before serving.
Tips:
1) Pani puri masala contains rock salt and amchoor powder. However, if you add little extra of both, it brings out the flavor more.
2) To make it less spicy, reduce the quantity of green chilies.

Chana Chat

Chana Chat

Servings: 2 medium bowl
Ingredients:
½ cup Green/ Brown Chana
1 small onion
1 Tomato
1 Green Chili (Indian)
Lime Juice
Chat Masala
Pinch of Black Salt
Chopped Cilantro



Method:
1) Soak ½ Cup Chana into Luke warm water for 10 to 12 hours.
2) Pressure Cook soaked Chana.Put 1 tsp salt while cooking . After 5-6 whistles turn off the heat.
3) Chop Onion, Tomato and Green chili finely.
4) In a bowl put spoonful cooked chana, then add chopped onion, tomato, green chili and lime juice. Sprinkle black salt and salt in needed. Garnish with Chopped Cilantro. Mix it well.

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Sev Batata Puri

Sev Batata Puri in Marathi

Great tangy Mumbai Street food.

If you want to avoid time consuming process of making puries and chutneys, puries and chutneys (green as well as tamarind) are available with Indian Grocery Stores.

Ingredients:
Topping
1 Large Onion
2 Tomatoes
2 Medium sized Potato (Boiled and peeled)
Nylon Sev (Chickpea Flour snack)
1/2 cup Chopped Cilantro
Black salt (Kala Namak)
Chat masala
Chutneys
In this recipe we will use 3 types of Chutneys
Green Chutney
Tamarind Chutney
Red chutney
1 & half tsp Red Chili Powder
3-4 Garlic Flakes
Salt to taste
For Puris
1 cup whole wheat flour
2-3 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste
Water to knead
Oil for frying puries

Method:
1) Puries
i) In a small skillet Heat 3 tbsp oil to high temperature and put in Whole wheat flour. Add salt to taste. Add water and knead well. Dough should not be too soft. Cover the dough for about half an hour.
ii) Then make marble sized balls out of the dough. Roll these balls with roller. Pierce gently with Fork in several places. This will help to keep the puries flat.
iii) Heat the oil in deep fryer. Fry puries on medium low heat. If you fry it on high heat you wont get required crisp to puries.

2) Chutneys:
i) Green Chutney and Tamarind Chutney
ii) Red Chutney:
Put Red Chili Powder Garlic Flakes and little water in a grinder and grind these ingredients to fine paste.

3) Finely Chop Onion, Tomatoes, and Cilantro. Mash boiled potatoes
4) How to assemble all the ingredients
Place 6 puries in a plate
Place small portion of potato over each puri.
On the top of potato place little chopped onion
Add all three chutneys according to your taste
Sprinkle Chat masala & Black salt.
Add little tomato chunks
Sprinkle cilantro and Sev
Now Sev batata puri is ready to eat.

Note:
1) Keep remaining puries in Airtight container.
2) Knead the flour into tight dough. Don’t make soft dough, it could cause to make puries soft and we need crunchy and crispy puries for the above recipe.

Bhel puri

Bhel Puri in Marathi

Servings: 4 to 5


Ingredients:
4 Cups Puffed Rice
2 small Onion, finely chopped
1 medium Tomato, finely chopped
1 cup Farsan mix or to taste
1/2 cup Fine sev or to taste
1/4 cup Cilantro, finely chopped
1/4 cup Green Mango, tiny pieces OR 1 tsp Lemon juice (Optional)
Green Chutney and Tamarind Chutney
1/2 tsp Black Salt
1/2 tsp Chat masala
Salt to taste

Method:
1) Green Chutney and Tamarind Chutney
2) In a big mixing bowl, add puffed rice. Then serially add Farsan, Chat Masala, black salt and Onion. Mix well. Then add both chutneys according to your taste. Now add Tomato and Lemon Juice. Add little salt or any ingredient you feel needed.
3) Put a big spoonful bhel in serving plate, garnish with Sev and Cilantro. Serve Immediately.

Note:
1) Serve Immediately after adding chutneys, otherwise puffed rice soak the chtuenys and ultimately bhel will become mushy.

Labels:
Bhelpuri, Bhel Puri

Pav Bhaji

Pav bhaji in Marathi

Serves : 2 to 3 persons

Ingredients:
¾ cup finely chopped Onion
1 ½ cup finely chopped Tomato
1 cup Boiled, peeled and grated Potato
10-12 small florets of Cauliflower, steamed
½ cup steamed green Peas
¼ to ½ cup Green Bell Pepper, small cubes
7-8 Garlic Cloves
1 tsp Red Chili Powder
3 tbsp Oil
½ tsp Cumin seeds
1 to 1 ½ tbsp Pavbhaji masala
Salt to taste
Butter, Lemon Juice, Chopped Cilantro to your taste
10 to 12 pav (Ladipav)

Method:
1) Keep ready chopped and steamed vegetables.
2) Peel Garlic Cloves. Put them in the grinder; add red Chili Powder and 2 tbsp water. Grind to fine paste.
3) Heat a wok or any other deep saucepan. Add oil, splutter Cumin seeds. Immediately add Garlic-Red chili paste. Sauté for few seconds and then add chopped onion. Cook on medium heat until translucent. Then add cubed Bell pepper. Cover and cook for few minutes.
4) After 3-4 minutes add finely chopped Tomato. Once Tomato became soft and mushy; add Green peas, Cauliflower and mashed potato. Mix well and add Pavbhaji Masala. Turn heat on medium low. Add little water and salt to Pavbhaji. Cover and let it cook for few minutes. Stir occasionally or Pavbhaji could stick to the bottom of saucepan. Mash Pavbhaji nicely.
5) Cover and cook for 5 minutes on low heat.

Garnish bhaji with Lemon juice, butter and Cilantro. Serve hot with bread buns.

Note:
1) To enhance the richness, use Butter instead of Oil.
2) Butter bread taste great with Pavbhaji. For that, heat a tawa, add little butter and press a bun on the butter. Coat bun with melted butter.

Labels:
Paobhaji, bhaji Pao, Bambay Pavbhaji recipe, Mumbai street food

Stuffing for Pani Puri

Panipuri Stuffing in Marathi

Consider each stuffing for 3 to 4 persons


Related Recipes:
Puris for Panipuri recipe
Pani for Panipuri

Pani Puri Filling 1

Ingredients
3/4 cup Whole Moong
Pinch of Turmeric powder (optional)
salt to taste
Method
1) Soak Mung beans for 8 to 9 hours into warm water. Pick the mung beans and remove any hard beans. If you want to sprout them, Tie them tightly into a clean cotton cloth atleast for 8 hours in warm place.
2) Pressure cook upto 2 whistles. Add little salt while pressure cooking.
Note: Some people like to add pinch of Turmeric for color and flavor. So add it while pressure-cooking.

Pani Puri Filling 2

Ingredients
3/4 cup dried Yellow Peas
Pinch of Turmeric (optional)
Salt to taste
Method
Soak dried peas for 5 to 6 hours in lukewarm water. Pick and remove any hard beans. Pressure cook properly soaked peas until soft and tender.
Note: Some people like to add pinch of Turmeric for color and flavor. So add it while pressure-cooking.

Pani Puri Filling 3

Ingredients
3/4 cup Dry whole Moong
1 Boiled Potato
Chat Masala to taste
salt to taste
Method
1) Soak Moong beans for 10 to 12 hours in lukewarm water. Drain water, transfer soaked moong beans to a clean Muslin Cloth. Lift up all the edges and tie together tightly. Keep it to a warm place for atleast 8 hours to get sprouted. Pick and remove any hard beans. Pressure cook properly soaked and sprouted beans to soft and tender.
2) In a Bowl, mash potato. Add Chat masala and salt to taste, mix well. Now add cooked Moong beans. Use this mixture as filling in Pani Puri.
Note: Some people like to add pinch of Turmeric for color and flavor. So add it while pressurecooking.

Pani Puri Filling 4

Ingredients
2 Boiled potato
1/2 tsp Roasted cumin, crushed coarsely
1/4 tsp salt
Pinch of Red chili powder
1 tbsp Cilantro, finely chopped
Method
1) Peel the boiled potatoes. Add roasted cumin, salt and mash them.
2) Transfer to a bowl. Sprinkle little red chili powder and cilantro for garnishing.
Note: Do not use Red potatoes.They become sticky after mashing.

Pani Puri Filling 5

1/2 cup Plain or Masala Boondi.

Fill 1 tsp boondi into each poori. Fill the poori with spicy and sweet water. Serve.
Another idea is to add boondi into spicy water. Boondi will soak the water and get swollen. Soaked boondi also taste good in pani puri.

Pani Puri Filling 6

Ingredients
1/4 cup Green Mango pieces
Pinch of salt
Pinch of Red chili powder
Method
Sprinkle salt and red chili powder on the top of green mango pieces.
Accompany green mango pieces with any of the above stuffing.