Paani Puri

Well now this one needs no introduction. It's one of the most popular, most famous and a super favourite of almost everyone I know!!!
Call it paani puri, poochka or golgappa it's actualy all the same.
Here is my take on all time favourite paani puri.
The spicy and the sweet chutneys are the core ingredients of this dish, So basicly I m sharing with you the recipes of so called theeka paani and mithi chutney.

Paani purii
Ingredients and method for Spicy water
2cup corriendor
1cup mint leaves
1cup garlic
Green chillies as per taste
Juice of 1 lime
1cup tamrind water
3/4 cup sugar
1tbspn jeera powder
1tspn garam masala powder
1.5tspn black salt
Step1-Grind all the above ingredients to fine paste.
Step2-Mix it with chilled water and keep in fridge.

Ingredients and Method for Sweet chutney
1cup deseeded khajoor
1cup tamrind
2cup jaggery
1tbspn redchilly powder
Salt
1tspn garam masala powder
2 cups hot water.
Step1-mix all the ingredients and soak it in water
Step2-cook the soaked ingredients till jaggery melts n tamrind softens (cook fr around 15mins)
Step3-grind the plup once the mixture cools dwn.
Step4-add water to adjust the consistency

Diffrent ing wch u can use for filling
*boiled moong 
*soaked boondi
*boiled and seasoned potatoes
*boiled watana (ragda)

I'm sure I don't need to teach you how to eat a paani puri!!!!!

Pav Bhaji

I love junk food, specialy the ones served on stalls at Juhu beach or Chowpatty.Pani puri, bhel, dahi wada, dosas, pavbhaji, kulfi, gola, the list is endless.Today I thought of cooking my all time favourite stall food pavbhaji in the hygenic environment of my own kitchen.
I make pavbhaji in two variations, one which is loaded with calories and the other which is equally yummy but a diet version.
Today I have cooked the earlier version but I'll also be sharing the recipe for diet version here!!!

INGREDIANTS
100gms Peas
100gms Cauliflower florets
200gms Potatoes cubed
1 tspn Haldi
Salt to taste
2 Onions finely chopped
2 Tomatoes puree
2 Capcicum made to puree
2 tbspn Garlic chopped
1 tbspn Redchilly powder
2 tbspn Pavbhaji masala
3 tbspn Oil
3 tbspn Amul butter
2 tbspn Tamrind paste

METHOD
Step1-In a pressure cooker add potatoes, peas, cauliflower, haldi, salt and ginger garlic paste.Cook for 2-3 whilsthes.Strain the veges and mash them.keep the stock aside to be used later.
Step2-Heat oil and butter in a pan and add garlic, when garlic begins to turn gold add in the redchilly powder followed by chopped onions.Cook till onions and soften.
Step3-Now add the tomato and capcicum purees followed by pav bhaji masala, cook on high flame, add stock to keep the masala from sticking on pan.Cook till oil seprates.
Step4-Now add in the mashed veges and tamrind paste.Cook on high flame.
Step5-Apply butter on loaf bread and grill it on a pan.
Garnish with a dollop of butter, onion and lime and serve super hot!!!!

In the diet version substitude oil for olive oil, nutralite butter for amul butter, brown bread for loaf bread, And in vege mash include vegetables like doodhi, carrot, brocolli and french beans.