Pani Puri or Golgappas is my most favorite chaat from childhood. Having it often with my family on the streets of Mumbai (Bombay) was something I have thoroughly enjoyed.
This Pani Puri Recipe is my mom’s recipe. To make this recipe, you need not have to make the sweet chutney for pani puri separately. You only have to make the green pani…… Yes thats it…… No need to make the sweet chutney…… because the only pani you make, has both the flavors of the sweet as well as sour pani. This pani is sweet, spicy as well as tangy.
Again, you can always experiment with the ratio of the mint leaves and the coriander leaves to make the pani. I have used 1:1 ratio. that is equal amount of mint and coriander leaves. If you want a minty flavor and taste, increase the quantity to 2:1 of mint and coriander leaves respectively. Vice versa, if you want a more of coriander flavor in the water, make the ratio to 1:2 for mint and coriander leaves respectively….. I hope its not too confusing.
This is a mumbai style pani puri recipe, where I have used ragda. But for the pani puri masala or filling……. you could also use from the following options or a combination of these:
- chopped boiled potatoes
- boiled moong sprouts
- boiled garbanzo beans (kabuli chana)
- boiled black chick peas (kala chana)
- chopped onions
- chopped coriander leaves
Whatever you use of the above, just add a dash of chaat masala, black salt, cumin powder to these and mix it well.
Ingredients to make the Pani Puri for 4 servings:
Main Ingredients:
- 25-30 puris ( you could buy these puris ready made or make them at home)
- 2½ to 3 cups ragda
- 1 large bowl of pani
Ingredients for Pani Recipe:
- 1 cup chopped mint leaves
- 1 cup chopped coriander leaves
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 green chili
- 1 tbsp seedless tamarind
- 5 tbsp crumbled jaggery/sugar (add more to increase the sweetness)
- 1 tsp roasted cumin powder (bhuna jeera powder)
- 1 tsp chaat masala powder
- black salt
- water
Method to make the Pani:
- In a blender add all the ingredients.
- Add some water and grind to a fine paste. Add more water if required while grinding.
- When you open the lid of the the grinder, you will get a heady aroma of the chutney and it will remind you of the chaat stalls and counters where you had pani puri. Enjoy the memories
- Remove the chutney in a large bowl. Add 2 cups water. Mix well. Check the seasoning. Add more black salt or jeera powder or chaat masala if required. If you want a thin pani, you could add some water. But keep on checking the seasoning, so that you could alter the taste as per your taste. Serve the pani with the puris and ragda and let the individual make it and have it as per his/her taste.
Note: I have used 1 green chili and 1 tbsp tamarind. If you like the pani too spicy and tangy…….. then please increase the proportion of green chili and tamarind.
Update: I have also made the pani with equal amounts of jaggery and dates and the result was awesome. You can add 3 tbsp crumbled jaggery and 3 tbsp chopped dates. The rest of the ingredients are same as above.
Pani Puri Recipe details below:
- 25-30 puris ( you could buy these puris readymade or make them at home)
- 2½ to 3 cups ragda
- 1 large bowl of pani – green water
- For the Pani Recipe:
- 1 cup chopped mint leaves
- 1 cup chopped coriander leaves
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 green chili
- 1 tbsp seedless tamarind
- 5 tbsp crumbled jaggery/sugar (add more to increase the sweetness)
- 1 tsp roasted cumin powder (bhuna jeera powder)
- 1 tsp chaat masala powder
- black salt
- water
- Method to make the Pani:
- In a blender add all the ingredients.
- Add some water and grind to a fine paste. Add more water if required while grinding.
- When you open the lid of the the grinder, you will get a heady aroma of the chutney and it will remind you of the chaat stalls and counters where you had pani puri. Enjoy the memories.
- Remove the chutney in a large bowl. Add 2 cups water. Mix well. Check the seasoning. Add more black salt or jeera powder or chaat masala if required. If you want a thin pani, you could add some water. But keep on checking the seasoning, so that you could alter the taste as per your taste. Serve the pani with the puris and ragda and let the individual make it and have it as per his/her taste.
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Mouthwatering!!
Those images are enough to make a chaat lover salivate!
hamare yaha chhole mein aalu bhi daalte hai thoda…..
aapka post dekh ke muh mein paani aa gaya….
english use karna bhi man nahi hua….
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poochka .. paani poori and fulki.. no matter what they call.. and how differently they make it .. it makes yogic minds .. greedy
nice post !! thank u for sharing the Mumbai style of Pani puri !!
please send me all type of pani puri recipes
you can google and find different types of pani puri recipes. i usually stick to the same pani puri recipe and don’t make much changes.
I fisrt landed on your site while looking for chat recipes, since then I am a frequent visitor.
Recipe is nice, no doubt about it and you might have got lot of appriciation for it. There is something else, here I want to talk about. That’s your writing style. You have a talent to nicely put it in words, that’s the important part. Pictures, wonderful…. Really liked it. Are you a photographer?
Keep up the good work.
Thanks
Deepti
thanks deepti for all that you have said. i used to photograph before i started the blog and in my college wanted to do a professional photography course. but things did not fell into place. destiny brought me again to photography and i love it. i am a self learned photographer and the learning never ends for me
how to make pani puris Dassana ????
I mean PURI’s
here is a link to make the puris at home. this is a tried and tested recipe and this is how i make the pani puris at home even today.
http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/pani-puri-recipe-golgappa-pani-puri/
nice recipe
I don’t have a pressure cooker, how do I cook this?
you mean making the ragda from white peas, zara… right?
avoid as it will take around 2-3 hours cooking in a pot.
go for some quick filling for the pani puri like canned chickpeas or steamed sprouted moong beans or just simple boiled and chopped potatoes.
my fevorite pani puri
Mujay mheetay pani ke recipe chahey plz give me plz
for the meetha or sweet pani, this is the link:
http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/tamarind-date-chutney-recipe-sweet-chutney-for-chaat/
very good one excact preparation
thanks kamala.
i love pani puri because it is a delicious recipe so i like it .
It is good recipe. I like it. I like to know about samosa recipe.
i have the samosa recipe ready with photos…. but i do not have enough time to post it… i have shifted to a new house and the internet connection is very very slow here….. it will take some time till i settle down here and then will hopefully get time to post all the recipes that are waiting to be posted… including the samosa recipe