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Friday, September 3, 2010

Bhel Puri



INGREDIENTS
2 cups puffed rice (mamra)
salt to taste
1 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp chaat masala powder
1 tsp lemon juice
3 Tbsp coriander(cilantro) mint sauce or according to taste
2 Tbsp Tamarind sauce or according to taste
1 boiled and chopped potato
2 Tbsp roasted peanuts
1/2 onion chopped
1/2 tomato chopped
some coriander leaves for garnish
2 Tbsp  sev for sprinkling on top
5 crispy pooris or papdi

METHOD

For Making Tamarind sauce
Ingredients
1/4 cup tamarind
1/2 cup dates (khajur)
1 cup jaggery (gud)
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp red chili powder
2 tsp cumin seeds powder (jeera)
Method
Boil the ingredients together in a pressure cooker upto 3 whistles.
Let the mixture cool & then remove tamarind and date seeds.
Then blend this in a Mixer to form a smooth sauce.
Now Transfer this to a Pan and keep it on Stove on low flame or you could heat in microwave for 5 minutes.
Add cumin seeds powder, Red chili powder to it and mix well.
Add some water if you want the sauce to be thin in consistency.
Let it boil for 5 minutes.

For Making Coriander Mint Sauce

Ingredients: 
1/2 bunch coriander leaves
5 mint leaves
small piece of raw mango
1/4 onion chopped
4 green chillies
salt to taste
Method
Grind all the ingredients to form a smooth sauce.



To Prepare Bhel  
Now Take Puffed rice in bowl.
Add potato,chopped onion,tomato,salt,chaat masala,lemon juice,chopped cilantro leaves.
Add crushed poori/papdi.
Add both sauces cilantro(Coriander) and tamarind.
And finally sprinkle with some sev.


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