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Gol Gappe Pani Poori-Crispy deep-fried puffed balls of semolina and plain flour served filled with chickpea and potatoes and dunked in spicy minty and tangy water.
Do you remember this ad of Everest ready to eat food? Gol gappe pani poori kyun khate of chori chori. Well, I still remember this by heart and whenever make the pani poori always sing it.
Gol Gappe aka Pani poori or Puchka as they say in Kolkata is the number one street food in India. The name itself makes me drool and I would start craving fro Gol Gappe just after hearing the names.
The cons of living in a foreign country are how we miss the street food, chaats, and specially gol gappe. I know you can get them in some countries like the States, UK etc but it is really difficult to find even the common ingredients in some countries.
So whenever we crave for Indian street food I try to make it at home but the one thing that I haven’t tried making at home is the poori for pani poori. I once tried it but the outcome was a total disaster, and after that, I never attempted again.
This post was staying in my drafts from last two years as I made almost two years before in the States with store-bought pooris. Somehow I could not get a chance to post it on the blog and also the pictures were not so good.
But for the street food theme for this mega marathon, I knew I had to post Gol Gappe even if the pictures are bad. Maybe someday I would try to make nice pooris and update the post again.
Here are the recipes that I posted under street theme until today.Stay tuned for the next theme on Monday.
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Gol Gappe
Ingredients
- 30-40 gol gappe/pani poori, home made or store bought
For Chana
- 1 cup chickpeas, cooked
- 1 potato, boiled and cubed
- 1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon chaat masala
- few coriander leaves, chopped
For Pani (minty water)
- 1/2 cup coriander leaves
- 1/2 cup mint leaves
- 2-3 green chilllies
- 1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon chaat masala
- 1 teaspoon amchoor powder
- 1 teaspoon black salt
- juice of one lemon
Tamarind chutney as required
Instructions
For chana
- In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients for chana and mix well.
For Pani
- In a blender make a paste of mint, coriander leaves and green chilli using a little water.
- Sieve the paste using a colander or strainer. Add 4 cus of more water and the remaining ingredients. Stir and set aside.
Assembling
- Break the top of each pani poori and place in serving plate.
- Fill each poori with potato chana masala, tamarind chutney and serve one by one filled with tangy spiced water.
- Serve each pani poori immediately after filling with spicy water and enjoyable.
Notes
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Best Regards,
Sapana Behl
Omg !! Pani poori’s are my weakness and these are so tempting !! I would finish the whole plate right away, drooling over and over again seeing your captures, these look so perfect !! Such a fantastic recipe sapna , finally this post made it in perfect timing !! I somehow predicted that I will be seeing some gol gappe for this marathon and here you are 🙂 You are rocking !!
Wowwing here, gol gappe looks absolutely fantabulous. My mouth is just watering here, its been a while i had this ultimate street food.
Gol gappe/ pani poori are quintessential street food. Love it any time. I never make the pooris at home and the one time I made them they were major disaster.
Evergreen Gol gappe!! We love pani poori in all its variety and rely on store bought puris. I am surprised that you have drafts as old as 2 years. 🙂
Love gol gappe shots.. Beautifully done sapana..
Gol Gappe..wow..this is my weak point. I have made them today and shall be enjoying them for my evening snack.I love your clicks and let me try the paani recipe next time..I have never used aamchoor.
For all those who have had diaster with the poori try Manjula’s recipe it works very well. I have tried a couple of times with very good results.
Thanks for the idea Vaishali. I will try Manjula’s recipe next time for sure.
Oh wow your plate looks so sinful Sapana..and as I have said you surely know how to get pretty models yaar..hehehe..this is surely a winner!
Pani puri has always been a dish close to my heart as I have so many fond memories of mom and myself making it for the family. Your post makes me nostalgic. What an amazing presentation. These are beautiful snaps Sapana.
Gol gappe/ pani poori looks so inviting, Sapana. The puris are so perfect and wish that i could grap few from the screen. Even i too surprised that you have 2 years old draft 🙂
You are killing us with those lipsmacking pictures. I wanted to grab that entire place from the screen. I so wish I could do that. Love love love it and street food series can’t get complete without this.
This is the ultimate street food and nothing can beat this. Wish I could grab one from the screen. Love the shot of pani pouring and that little jug is so beautiful.
This is the ultimate street food Sapana and the kids love this a lot. They have been bugging me to make it during the hols! Anyways the clicks are awesome!!
pass me the whole plate sapana, you are killing me!! drooling all over your pictures!!! Wish i could grab some from your clicks!!!
Sapana you surely know how to tempt me with your beautiful clicks. Wish I could have some pani puri right away. Like me you prefer to serve the chickpeas and potatoes not mashed up like they do on the streets in India.
Panipuri is one my fav snack… your picture are awesome and looks so tasty.
The tempting gol gappe are presented beautifully and my family enjoys it too. Store bought pooris are quite convenient and I use it in all the recipes that need them.