Papri/Papdi Chaat with Sweet, Green Chutney and Sev..Holi Rey!!!!

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For Holi, people involve themselves in smearing color on each other, playing with water and enjoying with mouth watering snacks, sweets and thandai. Papri Chaat is one of the yummy snack item prepared for Holi.

Papri Chaat is prepared with papri, sev, chaat masala, boiled potatoes, coriander leaves, chickpeas, onions, sweet and green chutney. Papri refers to crispy dough wafers which are fried in oil.

Here’s a detailed delicious, tempting chaat recipe with Chutney’s and Sev

Ingredients:

  

For Papri / Papdi’s (for 15-20)

All purpose flour / Maida – 1 cup

Ajwain Seeds – 1 tsp

Salt As Required

Water for kneading

Oil for Deep Frying

For Sweet Chutney

Tamarind – a small lemon size

Dates – 9 -10 no

Jeera Powder – 2 tsp

Jaggery – ½ cup

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt As Required

For Green Chutney

Mint leaves – ½ cup

Coriander leaves -1 cup

Lemon Juice – ¼ cup

Green Chilli – 2 no

Salt As Required

For Sev

Besan – 1 cup

Rice Flour – 1 tsp

Salt As Required

Water

Oil for Deep frying

Other Ingredients

Boiled Potatoes – 1 no

Granted Carrot – 1 cup

Chopped Coriander leaves – 1 cup

Boiled Chickpeas – 1 cup

Onion Chopped – 1 cup

Chaat Powder – 2tsp

Preparation

For Papri/Papdi

• In a wide bowl add all purpose flour, ajwain seeds and salt and mix well.
• Slowly add water and make smooth dough.
• Make small size puris of the dough.
• Deep fry them in oil and keep them aside.

For Sweet Chutney

• Boil tamarind in micro wave in water for 2 mins.
• After tamarind gets cooled grind tamarind and dates into a fine paste.
• Take a pan and on medium heat cook above paste.
• Add jaggery, redchilli powder, jeera powder and salt.
• Cook well till the jaggery mixes well and till the mixture gets smooth and keep aside.

For Green Chutney

• Grind washed Coriander and Mint leaves along with green chillies, sugar and lemon juice to a fine paste.
• Keep aside.

For Sev

• In a wide bowl take besan, rice flour, salt, 1 tsp oil and mix well by slowly adding water little by little to make soft dough.
• Take  the murukku press and use the disc of smallest hole.
• Fill half of the press with dough and once the oil is hot, press the murukku dough into the hot oil.
• On medium flame fry them till golden color.
• Repeat the process till the rest of the dough is done and Keep them aside.

For Papri Chaat

• Boil the potatoes and mash them coarsely. Add chaat powder to it.
• Take a wide serving plate.
• Place the papri’s , layer each with mashed potatoes, boiled chickpeas, chopped onions, chopped coriander leaves, grated carrot.
• Add 1 tsp of sweet and green chutney over it.
• Lastly add sev and serve.
• Yummy Yummy Papri Chaat is ready!!!

Sending this to Holi Aayi Re event hosted by vatsala and to Flavors of Maharashtra hosted by PJ originally started by Naina and A.W.E.D- Indian Cuisine hosted by Umm Mymoonah