Ingredients
Paapri
- 1 cup water chestnut flour
- 1 tbsp potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed very smooth
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp rock salt
- cold water to mix
- ghee / oil for deep frying
Sonth ki chutney
- 1 cup tamarind
- 3 tbsp gur (jaggery)
- 1 tsp sendha namak (rock salt)
- 1 tsp black rock salt
- 1 tsp sonth or powdered dry ginger
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp chaat masala
Chaat masala
- 2 tbsp coriander seeds
- 2 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1tbsp thymol seeds
- 3 tsp black rock salt
- ¾ tsp powdered black peppercorns
- 1 tbsp amchoor powder
Paapri chaat
- 8 paapries
- ½ cup yogurt, beaten smooth
- sonth ki chutney
- chaat masala, to taste
- chilli powder, to taste
Directions
Paapri
- Mix potato, ghee, and salt into the atta, and rub well.
- Add enough water and knead into a stiff dough.
- Roll out the dough as thin as you can without tearing, and cut into desired sized rounds with a cutter.
- Fry the paapris, till a golden colour on both the sides.
- Drain on absorbent paper before storing in an airtight container.
Sonth ki chutney
- Soak the tamarind and extract its pulp.
- Now mix all the ingredients and cook till slightly thick.
Chaat masala
- Roast, separately, the dhania, zeera and ajwain till a dark brown, and leave to cool.
- After cooled, grind to a powder then add rest of the ingredients and store in an airtight jar.
Paapri chaat
- Dip paapries in yogurt and arrange on a plate.
- Top it with sonth ki chutney, chaat masala, chilli powder.
- Garnish with fresh coriander and serve.