Recipe: Appetizing Paani Puri(Kolkata Style)

Paani Puri(Kolkata Style). Pani Puri, The most desired Indian Street Food! I showed you how to make Puris for Pani Puri just a while back, now lets make some pani(tangy water) and masa. Puchka - Kolkata Style Pani Puri.

Its the pani ,in Puchka that makes it so delicious. It is a spicy ,tangy and thirst quenching street food that is loved by all generations. Calcutta Style Puchkas also known as Pani Puri and Golgappa is a simple and delicious recipe to make at home. You can have Paani Puri(Kolkata Style) using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Paani Puri(Kolkata Style)

1. You need 1 cup of all purpose flour.
2. It's 1 cup of semolina.
3. You need 1 pinch of baking soda.
4. It's as required of Oil (for frying the puri).
5. You need 2 of medium sized potato(boiled).
6. Prepare 1 of medium sized onion(finely chopped).
7. Prepare 1 cup of soaked chick peas.
8. You need 1 tbsp of coriander powder.
9. You need 1 tbsp of cumin powder.
10. It's 1 tbsp of fennel power.
11. You need 1 tbsp of red chilli powder.
12. Prepare 2 tbsp of tamarind pulp.
13. It's 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
14. You need 1/4 tea spoon of sugar.
15. It's as per taste of Salt.
16. Prepare as per taste of Black salt.

This recipe is inspired from the streets of Calcutta. These Pani Puri or Puchka as they are called in Calcutta are the best street food you can have in India on a hot summer day, a rainy day, a gloomy day, basically a day you want your mood to be uplifted. It is a popular street food of cosmopolitan cities like mumbai, delhi, Kolkata and bangalore. Gol Gappa is a term primarily used in North, Pani Puri in west and Puchka in the Eastern coast of India.

Paani Puri(Kolkata Style) instructions

1. Make a tight dough by mixing semolina, flour, baking soda and water. Rest for 20 minutes.
2. Divide the dough into small portions, make small-sized puri using a roller. Let them rest for 20 minutes before frying. This will help to puff all of the puris.
3. Heat the oil and deep fry. Keep fried puri after frying in open sunlight for 30minutes. This will make the puri more crunchy.
4. Mash the boiled potatoes mixing 3/4th of the all spices,chick peas,onion,salt,rock salt.
5. Add the tamarind pulp, lemon juice, rest of the spices,salt, sugar, black salt into 2 cupS of water.mix it well.
6. Break the puri,insert a small portion of mashed potato,dip into tamarind water and serve..

Furthermore, the recipe as such of Pani puri is simple, however special care has to be taken to assemble it. Pani puri, also called puchka in Kolkata, is one of the best Indian street food snacks. I loved snacking on them when I was in Kolkata, India. There are few Indian street foods more intriguing. For Pani: Take a blender jar, put in a handful of coriander,mint,green chili and ginger and a glass of water and blend to a paste.