As most of you, I love chaats . When my parents were here with us few months ago, aayi and I prepared different chaats , almost every day. I am happy that I have successfully transfered my love to chaats to all my family members. Even dad and my hubby who were not big fans of chaats , love them now.
On one such day, we wanted to make sev puri at home. When we searched in Indian store, we could not find the flat puris . We were in no mood to make them at home. So we changed the plan and thought of making the dahi batata puri ( dahi – yogurt, batata – potato). The difference I found between these two chaats is -Dahi batata puri has yogurt and the red chutney only. – Sev puri uses flat puris and 3 types of chutneys , most of the times yogurt is not used in this chaat .
Now, every person has their own way of making these. Some people use yogurt in sev puri and some people use more than one chutney in dahi batata puri . So we mixed both of these and prepared dahi batata sev puri . It was absolutely yummy. Once the chutneys are ready, it is so easy to put together.
Just before posting this, I searched for “ dahi batata sev puri ” in google, I found that there is something called dahi sev batata puri , which included moong and chickpeas along with potato. Check out.
Sweet sour chutney: 2 tea spn tamarind extract or thick juice extracted from a big lime sized ball of tamarind 1 tea spn jaggery 9-10 dates Salt
Adjust the sour and sweet taste according to taste.
Method: Soak dates in warm water for about 30 mins. Take out the seeds. Grind them to smooth paste along with jaggery, salt and tamarind. The chutney should not be too thin.
Red chutney: 25 red chilies 2 tea spns chopped garlic 1/2 tea spn tamarind extract or 2-3 pieces of tamarind Salt
Method: Grind all the ingredients to a smooth paste with a little water.
Green chutney: 10-15 strands coriander leaves 7-8 green chilies 1/4 cup roasted chana dal ( dalia/hurigadale ) Salt
Method: Grind all to a smooth paste.
Other ingredients: Puris 1/2 cup cooked and chopped potato 1/2 cup chopped onions Sev Chaat masala 1/2 cup yogurt Rock salt
Method: Take some puris on a serving plate. Make a small hole on the top. Stuff them with 1 tea spn potato and 1/2 tea spn onion.
Now top with a little yogurt. Spread some chaat masala , rock salt on top. Now add the chutneys according to individual taste.
Spread sev on top and serve.
Preparation time : 30mins
Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year.
Here is a cake that I created today. Why this theme? Well, I wanted to create the famous Harbor bridge-Opera house in Sydney, with all the fireworks. Its my husband’s favorite place in the world(after India). He saw the new year celebrations there in 2004 and he is crazy about it. He still remembers each and every bit of it. So I wanted to have that on a cake (may be not a great idea). As I started, I felt it was extremely difficult to create such an effect on cake. But I think finally it turned out to be a decent cake :).
The happiest moments of 2007 for me was when my parents were here with us and we traveled with them. I will always remember 2007 for this. Career wise also this year was good because we both got the work which we always wanted to do. I could work on many of my passions – cake decorating, crocheting, paper quilling, painting etc. I hope I will be able to continue them.
Thanks a lot for all the support you all have shown me this year. I hope you all will continue to give your love and support to this blog in the coming year.
