Thursday, April 7, 2011

Chaat Mela #4 - Dahi Papdi Chaat

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Me and my family have been thoroughly enjoying the chaat series so far. Its sheer bliss to indulge on your favorite dishes everyday, isn't it?? ;) It adds to the pleasure when I enjoy making them all by myself :)

Gangotri is one of the best eatery all Chennaites would have enjoyed having chaat from. I am no exception and have visited quite often during college days :) Every time I visit Gangotri, I would order Dahi papdi chaat since I love chaats with curd a lot :) So this chaat has a special place in my favorites list always.

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I had bookmarked this recipe from Ria's Collection long time back and instantly took out the recipe and made it this afternoon :)

The recipe was foolproof. No wonder when it is from her! she is one of the best blogger's I have come across :)

I followed her papdi recipe as it is but went by my own choice when assembling the chaat.

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Ingredients:

All purpose flour(Maida) - 1 1/2 cups
Salt- for taste
Ajwain(Omam / Carom seeds) - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tblsp
Water - 1/2 cup or less

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Method:

Take maida, salt and ajwain in a bowl and mix well. Add the oil to it and rub with your hands to make crumbs.

Now add water little by little and make a hard dough. The consistency should be harder than chapathi dough.

Keep this covered for twenty minutes.

Roll them into a large circle of 2mm thickness. Cut out circles using cookie cutter or a bottle cap.

Pierce lots of holes on the papdi with fork tines.

Put the cut circles on a paper and let it aside for ten mins. This step helps in getting flat(un puffed) and crispy papdi.

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the papdi until light brown on both the sides.

Drain the excess oil on tissue and store in air tight containers.

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Dahi Papdi Chaat

Ingredients:

Papdi
Dahi (youghurt / curd)
Mint chutney
Sweet chutney
Potato
Onion
Chilly powder
Salt
Chaat masala
Sev or Aloo bhujia

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Method to assemble:

Cook the potato and dice into small pieces. Chop onion finely. Beat the curd with three tsp of sugar.

Make sweet chutney and mint chutney. Find recipes of both here.

Line papdi's on a plate and add some potatoes and onion.

Pour the beaten curd on the papdi's.

Drizzle some sweet chutney and mint chutney on top.

Now sprinkle salt, chilly powder and chaat masala.

Top it with aloo bhujia or sev and finely chopped coriander leaves.

Yummylicious Dahi papdi chaat is ready to eat :)

Enjoy making and happy eating :)

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Tips:

You can add cooked chickpeas(channa) or cooked peas too.

You can also add some sprouted gram to the chaat.

Written by: Nithya
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49 comments:

Divya Kudua said...

Dahi Papdi chat is one of my favorites too..I always ask them to put more sweet chutney and more papdis and less of potatoes..and they always oblige!!Lovely recipe for papdi!

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said...

Today i m fasting....but ur pics r making me drool drooooool...after pani puri this is my fav chaat...looks so inviting ...m I invited to finish the leftovers..looks so tempting...
Sanyukta
http://creativesanyukta.blogspot.com/

Vimitha Durai said...

Dahi Papdi chat is my all time favie and like u I love chats with Dahi... Ur chat looks yum and flavorful... Yummy clicks...

Ria Mathew said...

Hey Nithi, thank you so much for trying out the recipe! I loved your 'Papdi' photo.

So happy to hear that you liked it! I'm loving this Chaat Mela of your's.
Thank you once again, for the kind words!

Smita Srivastava said...

Ur lovely clicks make me hungry ..love the visual chaat party !!

Rosita Vargas said...

Que rico,es una exquisitez,luce deliciosa ,una receta saludable y linda,cariños.

Perspectivemedley said...

Hi Nithya! catching up on all your recipes :).. totally yummm :)).. I luv chaat items, ur pics makes me so yearning for it!

Unknown said...

Great looking papdi chaat.I fell in love with ur pictures.

Unknown said...

Trust me was waiting for ur post since evening, refresh pani pathutirnthen and here u r :) Luv this chat series...all pics are great this time, totally admire ur presentation and photography skills....super kalakals!!

Khaugiri said...

Most favorite...... Such a tempting clicks :-)

Simplyfood said...

Mouth watering chaat looks devine.

radha said...

looks absolutely delicious. Delightful presentation as always.

Sravs said...

wow dahi papdi chat looks so tempting !! amazing clicks !!

kitchen queen said...

mouth watering and tempting chaat with lovely clicks.

Kanchana Praveen said...

Dahi Papdi Chat looks delicious.. Its makes me hungry..

sathya said...

Delicious papdi chaat, your pictures makes me drool!

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Nammaruchi.blogspt.com said...

I am drooling over your pics..simply awesome..

Pavithra Elangovan said...

All i can say is I am coming there.. so that u will make chaat everyday for me Right nithi????Love all the pictures absolutely wonderful.

JishasKitchen said...

beautiful pics!!!...and looks so tempting and delicious!!

Priya Suresh said...

Am speechless and cant take my eyes from ur clicks,irresistible chaat..

GEETHA ACHAL said...

ரொம்ப நல்லா இருக்கு...சூபப்ர்ப்...

Unknown said...

I love chaat with dahi too. Your chaat series is rocking :)

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Dahi papri chaat looks so delicious and tempting. As always, your pics make this preparation make every one of us drool. You truly are a craftswoman.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Shylaja said...

Looks so tempting Nithya. Can't resist...

Rekha shoban said...

delicious chat!!anything with dahi i love it!!!nice pic n click!

Sunanda said...

Wow! such a droolworthy tempting chaat...awesome presentation..

Zareena said...

You are tempting me with these chats Nits. Mindblowing and amazing pics.

Nivedita Thadani said...

I don't want to come here :-(
You make me feel jealous :-)
but I never get tired to type "
awesome clicks and yummy chaat"

Indian Khana said...

hmm this is to just drool and ur pic so so tempting ...hmm why to make us drool?

Raks said...

I love all chats and this series of yours is really teases me,my god,dying for some chaats now,weekend sure will go out and have one round :) Lovely clicks!

Jyoti Babel said...

Beautiful and alluring pictures! My fav chat!

Suma Rowjee said...

Chaat with dahi is my fav too, specially in summer. Eat spicy chaat and wash it down with cold baadam milk.. aaaah!! I will want to run to the chaat center now:-)

Mouth watering chaat and beautiful pics!!

Sandhya Hariharan said...

Chat Mela is going to b a ht round up from ur end ..Nithi...
Great step by step clicks
Finished my course of Pani puri... after u wrote up ur post...

Now indeed its turn for Dahi Puri .. this week.. Ran out of curd last nite..

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

Cant say no to this yummy chat.Very well presented.

Prathima Rao said...

Looks so good...Im drooling as i stare at the pics :)
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner

Shama Nagarajan said...

delicious chaat..yummy

kittymatti said...

wish i stayed close to yr place:(:( it looks soooooooo good!

Prema said...

Excellent Papdi Recipe dear,love this chat...sure will try this weekend...

Suji said...

Chat mela series is rocking nithya....

Cynthia said...

Love your food styling and the lighting on the images.

Vaishali Sharma said...

And I can just gulp all these papdi's in no time...looks fingerlicking delicious....Well..its chaat so nobody would point on my manner if i lick my fingers...right ? :)

Abhilash Pillai said...

I was born and brought up in chaat.. you would ask, "kyun pappa ka chaat ka business tha kya?" hmm... aah! no, actually these are the common things in north and you could have them often on a daily basis. :)

Your preparation is good... searching anyone from north ;) kidding...

I love dahi with anything... rice, paratha... hmm... anything! I bet this chaat would have been delicious... want a video testimonial? send chaat for me ;)

sanjeeta kk said...

My fave is dahi chaat too! Love those beautiful clicks.

Lite Bite

Malar Gandhi said...

Yummm, loved those pictures.

Plateful said...

More than the chats I'm loving and drooling over your gorgeous pictures. Your shots are a true delight to the eyes- the last in my favorite here!

Sanjana said...

Nithya, these are just stunning. Thanks for taking the time to show us all of the various combinations we can achieve. Beautiful photos, too!

prasanna venkatesh said...

this is just fabulous !!

Archana said...

I am drooling,driveling, slobbering over the chaat! Lovely pictures!

test it comm said...

Those look so tasty!

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