Dahi Sev Puri Recipe
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS:
For puris:
- 1 cup sooji
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp oil
- ¼ cup water
- Pinch of baking soda
- Oil for frying
For green chutney:
- ½ Cup Mint leaves
- ½ cup coriander leaves
- 2 small cloves of garlic
- 1 inch of ginger
- 1 tsp. sugar optional
- ½ lemon juice
- 1 green chili
For tamarind chutney:
- ¼ cup seedless tamarind
- 1 cup water
- ½ tsp. cumin seeds
- ½ tsp. Dry ginger powder
- ¼ cup sugar or jaggery
- Rock salt as required
For mashed potatoes:
- 1 large boiled potato
- 1 tsp. Chaat masala
- ½ tsp. Red chili powder
- 1 tbsp. Boiled chana optional
FOR GARNISHING:
- 1 cup whipped curd/ yogurt
- 1 small chopped onion
- 1 to mato chopped
- 1 tbsp. Salted boondi crispy Indian Snack (Optional)
- 1 tbsp. Pomegranate seeds
- Few coriander leaves
- Chaat masala for sprinkling
- 1 tbsp. Nylon sev or bhujia
Instructions
- Break the puri from the top. You can hold the puri in your hand and break it with your thumb.
- Fill the puris with a mashed potatoes mixture.
- Pour the yogurt inside each puri.
- Fill it with both the chutneys.
- Garnish it with chopped onion, tomatoes, boondi, and coriander leaves
- Sprinkle some chaat masala.
- Your mouth-watering Dahi sev puri is ready! Eat it before it turns soggy.
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Nutrition
STORAGE
You can store the puris for 10-15 days in an airtight container and can use it to make pani puris also.
We can prepare chutneys in advance, store them in refrigerators, and can use them in other dishes.
TIPS & LEFTOVERS:
Yogurt should be fresh and chilled and be of the right consistency (neither too thick nor too runny)
The leftover yogurt can be used for sweet lassi or Dahi vada.
Mashed potatoes can be refrigerated and used the next day for sandwiches, pani puris, parathas, or bread rolls.
SUBSTITUTES
To make this chaat a bit healthier, you could also add boiled moong sprouts and boiled chana (white chickpeas) with the potatoes.
You can replace all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour.
Now you know how to make Dahi Sev Puri Would you like to try cooking it?
FAQs
What are the differences between Pani Puri, Dahi Puri, and Sev Puri?
Puri for all the three recipes are the same. Only the different stuffing changes the whole dish.
Pani Puri is stuffed with mashed potatoes, a little bit of chili, some boiled channa, and finally, it is dipped and poured with Indian spiced water.
Dahi puri is stuffed with finely chopped boiled potatoes, Sweetened curd or yogurt, Coriander-mint chutney, tamarind-dates chutney. Garnished with nylon sev and chopped onions.
Sev Puri is a dry recipe as compared to Dahi Puri and Pani Puri. It is stuffed with finely chopped boiled potatoes and onions. Coriander-mint chutney, tamarind-dates chutney, chaat masala, some roasted peanuts, some pomegranate seeds, and nylon sev.
What is Puri?
Puri for Dahi Puri or Pani Puri are small deep-fried balls of whole wheat flour or semolina. A perfect puri is bite-size. Bite-size means it fits in the mouth and one can easily chew it with all the stuffings bursting lots of flavors in the mouth. It is hollow and one can fill it with any choice of stuffings. Usually, the stuffings are mashed boiled potatoes, boiled channa, chaat masala, salt as per taste, some lemon juice, Dahi (Curd) along with chutneys, or spiced water.
Which street food can you easily make at home to satiate your craving?
Bhel Puri is the easiest of all the street foods. It doesn’t require any expertise to prepare. If you have puffed rice at home, just boil some potatoes. Add some salt, lemon juice, roasted peanuts, chopped onion, tomatoes, and coriander leaves. If you have pre-prepared chutneys then add them also. Give it a toss and garnish it with some nylon sev. It is also low in calories. It’s quite a healthy option to satiate your cravings.