Bhel Puri

Bhel Puri is one among the bombay fast food specialities. Bhel puri is made with two chutneys-one hot and one sweet along with puffed rice, sev, puris, chopped onions, tomatoes and other ingredients.... and the result is a wonderful evening snack. Now bhel puri is famous all over India and some parts of the world too.

This is my entry to this month's RCI(Maharashtrian cuisine ), which was an Idea of Lakshmik of 'Veggie cuisine 'and guest hosted by Nupur of 'One hot stove'.

Ingredients

Puffed Rice- 200 gms

Thin Sev- 100 gms

Flat puris or the ones used for pani puri- 1 pack crushed

Onion- 1 big chopped finely

Tomato- 1 big chopped finely

Potato-1 boiled and chopped into cubes

Channa- a few soaked and boiled

carrots- 1 grated

cucumber-1 small chopped finely

Peanuts- a few

coriander leaves- a few chopped finely

salt to taste

Green/Hot chutney

Coriander Leaves- 1/2 bunch

Mint Leaves- 1/2 bunch

Green chillies- 10

salt to taste

Sweet Chutney

Dates-1/2 cup

Tamarind - small lime size soaked

Cumin seeds- 2 tsp

Chilli powder- 3/4 to 1 tsp

Jaggery-2 tbsp

Method

Boil 1 cup of water and add the dates.when it softens ,cool and grind to a paste. Dry roast cumin seeds and powder it. Squeeze thick pulp from the soaked tamarind and in a pan add the jeera powder, jaggery,chilli powder, date pulp and little water along with the tamarind pulp. cook for 2-3 minutes. The sweet chutney is ready.

Prepare the hot chutney by grinding all the ingredients with some water.

Mix puffed rice, sev, puris,onions,tomatoes,potatoes,channa,peanuts,cucumbers,carrots and coriander leaves. Keep aside.

When Serving add the sweet and hot chutney to the mixture. Serve immediately in seperate plates and top with some sev and coriander leaves.