For The Puris
1/2 cup fine semolina (sooji)
1/4 tbsp plain flour (maida)
3 tbsp soda water (bottled) or 1tsp baking soda
1-2 pinch salt
For The Pani
1 1/2 cups chopped mint leaves (pudina)
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
1/3 cup tamarind pulp (imli)
25 ginger (adrak)
4 to 5 green chillies
1 tsp roasted cumin seeds (jeera) powder
1 1/2 tsp black salt
salt to taste
(You can use Everest Paani Puri masala if you don't want to prepare paani yourself )
For The Puri Filling
3 large Potato,
1 medium sized Lemon
1/2 cup mixed sprouts, boiled
1/2 cup boondi , soaked and drained
Method
For the Puri
Mix the sooji, plain flour, soda water and salt to make a semi-stiff dough and knead well in cold water for about 15 minutes. Allow it to rest under a wet muslin cloth for 2-3 hrs.
Make small balls of dough and roll it like thin chapati, now take a small 1½" wide mouthed glass, cut out small circles from the rolled dough using glass. Deep fry in a kadhai in hot oil on medium flame till they puff up and are golden brown (press each puri using a slotted spoon till they puff up in the oil). Remove, drain on absorbent paper and store in an air-tight container. Be very careful while putting the circles in hot oil as hot oil may burn your face, which happened to me some months earlier.
For the Paani
Soak the tamarind in ½ cup of water for approximately 1 hour. Strain out all the pulp through a sieve. Combine this pulp with the remaining ingredients except the black salt in a blender and grind to a fine paste using a little water. Transfer the paste into a large bowl and combine with 1 litre of water, the black salt and normal salt and mix well. Chill for about 2 to 3 hours after making so that all the flavors have blended properly.
For the filling
Boil the potato, peel off the potato cover and mash it well, add lemon juice, salt, green chilly, sprouts and boondi, mix well.
Tatsy Paani Puri is ready to eat.
Make a small hole in the centre of each puri, fill with a little potato mix, immerse it in the chilled pani and eat immediately.
Tips
You can use Everest or MDH Paani Puri Masala if you do not want to prepare paani yourself.
