How to make yummy PANI POORI?

How to make yummy PANI POORI?

Ingredients

For the pooris           

1 cup rava

1-2 tsp maida

Salt, very little

Warm water

Oil

For the filling

2 medium sized potatoes boiled & mashed

1 medium sized onion, finely chopped

1 cup chick peas, soaked in water over night in Luke warm salt water

1 tsp red chili powder

1 tsp chat masala

coriander leaves

Salt

For the pani

2 tbsp tamarind juice or 1 tsp concentrated tamarind paste diluted in water.

2 tbsp jaggery

1 tsp black salt

1 tsp red chili powder

1 tsp dhania powder

1 cumin powder

2-3 green chili

a small bunch of mint leaves

1 strand coriander leaves

1 tsp pepper powder

Salt

**Steps**

**Pooris**

1*In a mixing bowl, combine to form a coarse mixture with rava, salt & little warm water.

2*Little moisture has to be left. Now add maida. Maida does the job of a binding material.

3*Knead the dough well.

4*Add few drops of oil & again knead.

5*Cover it in a damp cloth & let it sit for 15-20 minutes.

6*Keep oil in a kadai & heat on medium flame.

7*Divide the dough into two halves.

8*Roll out each half one at a time into a big thin chapati.

9*Either using a small cup or a bottle cap, cut out puris from the chapati.

10*Fry the pooris in batches.

11*Cover the extra pooris in the damp cloth.

12*Repeat the same with the other half of the dough.

**Filling**

1*Pressure cook the soaked chick peas & potatoes.

2*Mash the potatoes & add red chili powder, chat masala & coriander leaves & mix well.

3*Add salt to the chick peas.

4*Thick curds combined with red chili powder & black salt or Soaked boondi can be also used.

**Pani**

1*Combine all the ingredients & grind to a fine paste.

2*In a mixing bowl containing required water, add the paste & mix well

3*Keep it in the fridge & serve chilled with the pooris.

**Serving the Pani poori**

1*Tap the Poori at the center lightly to make a half-inch hole.

2*Fill it with a small quantity of mashed potato, chick peas, onions, boondi & curds.

3*Dip it in mint or tamarind water / pani & relish it.