DABELI

potato mixture with pomegranate seeds,peanuts and sev

Kutchi/Kachi dabeli is a street chaat of kutch region of Gujrat.This is also famous in Maharastra.
It is indian version of burger which has tangy,sweet,spicy and crunchy mixture.

Ingredients:

For the filling

2- boiled and mashed potato
1/2 tsp- cumin seeds (jeera)
pinch asafoetida (hing)
1tsp-pav bhaji masala
2tsp- imli ki chutney
2tsp- oil
salt to taste

To serve:

1 onion, chopped
2tbsp- roasted peanuts
2tbsp-chopped coriander
1/4 cup sev or nylon sev
1/4 cup fresh pomegranate (dalimbe beeja)
2tsp- garlic chutney
1tbsp- imli ki chutney
6 small burger buns/white baps
butter or oil for cooking

Method:

Heat the oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds. When they began to crackle, add the hing,
pavbhaji masala,mashed potato, salt and ½ cup of water and mix well.

Remove from the fire, add the 1tbsp of imli ki chutney and mix well.
Divide into 6 portions. Keep aside.

To assemble

Slice the buns into halves and toast the buns in a pan using a little butter or oil.
stuff the portion of the filling on the lower half of each bun.
Top with the chopped onion, peanuts, coriander, sev, pomegranate , garlic chutney and imli ki chutney.
Sandwich it with the top halves of the buns.


Imli ki chutney

Ingredients:

Lemon sized- tamarind , deseeded

Lemon sized jaggery (gur), grated

1/2tsp- chilli powder

1/2tsp-jeera powder

a pinch asafoetida (hing)

salt to taste

Method:


Wash the tamarind and soak in 1/2cup warm water for 30minutes.sqeeze and strain the juice.

place tamarind juice in a saucepan.Add the jaggery, chilli powder,jeera powder, asafoetida,and

salt cook until it thickens.cool,use in chaats or with snacks as required.


Garlic chutney

Ingredients:

Garlic cloves-4 to 5

Chillipowder-1tsp

Lemon juice of 1/2 lemon

Salt to taste

Method:


Pound all the ingredients in pestle and mortar to fine paste.