Chaat Mela #4 - Dahi Papdi Chaat

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.

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.

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

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.

Dahi Papdi Chaat

Ingredients:

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

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 :)

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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