mumbai sev puri

By Nandu

Ingredients

• For the sweet tamarind dates chutney:
• Ingredients (american measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)
• For the sev puri
• 24 flat crisp puris/papdis
• 1 cup sev
• 1 large potato, boiled and chopped
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 tomato finely chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
• 1 green chili chopped (optional)
• 1 cup mint coriander chutney
• 1 cup tamarind dates chutney
• 1-2 tsp red chili powder (lal mirch powder)
• 1-2 tsp cumin powder (jeera powder)
• 1-2 tsp chaat masala
• 1-2 tsp black salt/rock salt or common salt
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• For the spicy green mint and coriander chutney
• 1 cup chopped mint leaves/pudina
• 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves/dhania
• 1 green chili, chopped
• 1-2 tsp lemon juice (preserves the green color of the chutney)
• black salt
• 1/2 cup tamarind (imli)
• 1/2 cup seedless dates
• 1/2 cup jaggery (gur)
• 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder/saunth
• 1 tsp coriander powder/dhania powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder/jeera powder
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder (optional)
• 2 cups water
• black salt

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Making the green mint coriander chutney:
blend all the ingredients with very little water to a smooth paste. keep aside.
Making the sweet tamarind dates chutney:
boil the tamarind and dates in water.
when they become soft add the jaggery and the spice powders and salt.
cook further till the jaggery melts.
switch off the burner and let the mixture cool.
grind the chutney mixture to a smooth paste.
seive the chutney through a strainer. add more salt if needed.
if the chutney becomes too thick add some water to liquidize it.
For assembling the sev puris:
arrange the puris on a plate. top it up with chopped boiled potatoes.
add chopped onions and tomatoes to it.
sprinkle some chaat masala and red chili powder on it, if you want at this stage.
top it up with the green chutney as much as you want.
and then with the sweet chutney as much as you want.
sprinkle sev on top. again sprinkle some chaat masala, red chili powder. sprinkle also black salt.
add a dash of lemon juice to the sev puri. garnish sev puri with chopped coriander leaves.
serve sev puri immediately.