Sev Puri

Step 1

Rinse the coriander leaves well in water. Drain all the water and roughly chop them.

Step 2

Take the chopped coriander leaves, chopped green chillies & ginger, cumin powder, chaat masala, lemon juice and salt in a grinder jar or a small blender jar.

Step 3

Add 1 or 2 teaspoons water and grind to a smooth chutney. Add a few teaspoons more of the water if required. But don't make the chutney too thin or watery.

Step 4

Remove the chutney in a bowl and set aside. Use this green chutney as required for chaat recipes like this sev puri.

Step 5

In a pan, take the tamarind, dates and water.

Step 6

Cook the tamarind and date for about 8 to 9 minutes on a low heat until they soften.

Step 7

Now add the powdered jaggery and continue to cook. Let the jaggery dissolve and the mixture thicken a bit. If you do not have jaggery, use sugar in the same proportion as that of jaggery.

Step 8

Add all the ground spice powders - red chili powder, coriander powder, dry ginger powder and roasted cumin powder.

Step 9

Stir and simmer for a further 1 to 2 minutes more. Season with salt.

Step 10

Let the chutney mixture cool down.

Step 11

In a chutney grinder or small blender, grind the this whole mixture till smooth.

Step 12

Add some water if required while grinding. Optionally you can strain the chutney through a strainer.

Step 13

Store the tamarind date chutney in an airtight bowl or container in the refrigerator and use it when you make chaat at home.

Step 14

Break the chilies and remove their seeds with a spoon.

Step 15

Soak the red chilies in hot water for about 20 to 30 minutes. The water just needs to cover them.

Step 16

Peel and roughly chop the garlic. Drain the red chilies after 20 to 30 minutes

Step 17

Adding very little water grind both the red chilies and garlic in a chutney grinder or blender till smooth. The consistency of the chutney should be more towards thicker side or of medium consistency.

Step 18

Pour the chutney in a small jar or bowl. Cover and refrigerate.

Step 19

When preparing chaat snacks, just add a small amount, while topping the chaat with other chutneys.

Step 20

Keep all the ingredients like the chutneys, chopped boiled potatoes, chopped onions and tomatoes, sev, lime juice read on your work surface.

Step 21

Arrange the puris on a plate. Top it up with chopped boiled potatoes.

Step 22

Add chopped onions and tomatoes to it.

Step 23

Sprinkle some chaat masala and cumin powder on it, if you want at this stage.

Step 24

Top up with the green chutney as much as you want. Then top up with a bit of red chili chutney.

Step 25

Then with the sweet chutney as much as you want.

Step 26

Sprinkle sev on top all over. Again sprinkle a few pinches of chaat masala, roasted cumin powder. Sprinkle also a few pinches black salt of regular salt.

Step 27

Add a dash of lemon juice to the sev puri. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Step 28

Serve sev puri immediately so that the puris does not become soggy. Assemble and make sev puri this way with the rest of the ingredients.