GREEN CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

Mint Leaves	1 cup
Corriander leaves	1 cup
Green chillis	3
Salt	As  per taste
Amchur powder	2 tsp
Water	As needed.
Chaat masala powder	1tsp

 

 

Method:

• Grind the mint,coriander,green chillis with little water into fine paste.
• Add salt and amchur powder and chaat masala to it and mix well.
• Store it  in fridge .
• Best for chaats like bhel puri,panni puri.

SWEET CHUTNEY/RED CHUTNEY/DATES TAMRIND CHUTNEY

Ingredients:     

Dates	12
Tamrind	½ cup(slight diluted)
Jaggery	1 -2 tsp
Red chilli powder	1tsp
Salt	1 tsp
Chaat powder(opt)	½ tsp

 

 

 

 

Method:

• Take the tamrind extract  and dilute slightly (don’t add more water).
• Add dates  to the tamrind  water and bring it to boil .
• Add salt and boil it in medium flame
• After 8-10 mins dates will be softened , so smash it very well with smasher and add red chilli powder.
• Allow it to boil  till it thickens  , add jaggery to adjust the tanginess.
• Switch off the flame and add chaat masala.
• Cool it . you can store in the fridge for more than a month .

 

 

Note:

Chaat masala is pure optional. I would prefer  not to add chaat masala if it has to be stored.

 

 

 

 

BHEL PURI

The popular chat from mumbai.Especially the roadside bhel puri tastes best .

Ingredients:

Puffed Rice`	2 cups
Sev	1 cup
Pappadi	10(store bought)
Onion	¼ cup(chopped)
Tomato	¼ cup(chopped)
Red chutney	4 tbls
Green chutney	2 tbl
Boiled potato	¼ cup(optional)
Coriander leaves	For garnishing
Roated channa dal	2 tbl(store bought)

METHOD:

• Take a salad  bowl (or large bowl)  add all the ingridents  except corriandes leaves and sev.
• Add only 4 tbl of sev for mixing .
• Garnish it with  coriander leaves and sev  and 2 or 3 pappadi.
• Serve immediately and enjoy.

Note:

 You can adjust the chutney as per your taste.

Sev should be thin  and plain one.

You can add lemon juice and little salt if needed.(but I normally don’t).

If you have raw mango, cut into small pieces and add while garnishing.

The date and green chutney receipe are available in chutney  section. 

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VADA PAV





Pav bread	1 packet
Potato	2
Turmeric powder	1TSP
Green chillis	4
Mustard seeds	1tsp
cumin powder	1tsp
g.masala powder	1/2tsp
Chaat masala	½ tsp
Lemon juice	2tsp
Besan/gram flour	1 cup
Chilli powder	1tsp
Hing	1tsp
Water	For mixing
Salt	As per taste
Coriander leaves	For garnishing

Green Chutney

Coriander leaves	½ bunch
Mint LEAVES	½  BUNCH
Garlic	1
Green Chillis	5
Tamrind	Little
Cumin powder	1 tsp

Garlic chutney

Coconut	5 tsp
Garlic	2
Chilli powder	2tsp
Salt	As per taste
Tamrind	little

Method:

Boil and Smash the potatoes with little salt,  add chopped green chillis to it.

Now In a kadai take little oil, add mustard seeds when it splutter add turmeric  powder , add potatoes to it and add cumin powder, garam masala, sauté for 2 mins and switch off the stove .. add chat masala and squeeze lemon juice  and garnish with coriander leaves and keep aside.

For Outer layer:

Take a bowl  add gram flour/besan add salt ,red chilli powder ,hing and make it to a thick batter   by adding water.

Vada:

Make the potato into small balls , coat the balls into besan batter and deep fry it.

Chutneys:

In a mixer  add the items in above  garlic chutney list and make it to a powder. Don’t add water.

This  chutney should be dry.keep aside.

Again add  the items along with salt in green chutney  list,grind it in a mixer. You can add water to this and make it to a

Chutney.

Setting vadapav:

Take a pav bread, cut into halves, on one side spread green chutney, and in another side sprinkle red chutney  and keep the potato vada   and close the bread  .

Vada pav is ready to serve.

Great when it is hot.

Note:

Green chutney are available in store,you can use that.

If the coconut is frozen then the chutney will be little wet  .

You can slit the long green chilli , take away the seeds and soak  it  with  salt and deep fry .

You can serve it  in side.

The above Measurement is for two persons. You will get 8 vadas.

PAV BHAJI MASALA

Ingredients:

Onion	1(medium)
Tomato	4
Ginger garlic	crushed
Coriander pwdr	1tsp
Jeera pwdr	1tsp
Chilli pwdr	1tsp
Kashmiri  chilli pwdr(for  color)	1/2 tsp
Veggis  beans,carrot,peas,cauliflower	1cup (boiled)
Potato	1 (boiled)
Capsicum(green)	1(small)
Pav bhaji masala pwdr(mandatory)	4tsp
Oil	2tbls
Coriander leaves	For garnishing
Salt	As per taste
Lemon  juice	½
Chopped onion	For garnishing

Method:

• Boil the veggis (except capsicum)  with little salt smash it  and keep aside
• Boil the potato with little salt seperately and smash it fully .
• In a pan add oil  when hot add onion and saute till it turns pink
• Now add ginger garlic and fry along with onion.
• Now add capsicum and fry it.
• After 3 mins add chopped tomato  to it,
• Add spices like cumin pwdr,corriander pwdr, chilli pwdr,salt and mix properly.
• Saute properly for few mins and add water depending on the consistency.
• When boiling add the veggis to it . if needed u can add little water.
• Now add pav bhaji masala and kashmiri chilli pwdr and bring it to boil with lid closed till it becomes thick. Before switching off add a tsp of butter to it. and garnish with corriander leaves.
• Before serving squeeze  lemon juice and add chopped onion over it.

Serves for 4.