DABELI

Last Week i came from office early and i was watching TV. I was seeing the Serial Ek dusre se karte hain Pyaar mein where a girl asked for Dabeli in a street food and was enjoying  it. Suddenly that name strikes me and I just googled to Know what is Dabeli. Then i got to know that Dabeli is street food originating from Kutch in Gujrat, India. Dabeli literally means 'to be pressed' in Gujarati. So i jusr read out the recipes in google and wants to try it. I am extremally thanks to Amarendra of AMU'S RECIPES to brief in detail about the recipes.

As I have never tasted Dabeli before so I did little variation and tried my version of Dabeli. Which me as well as my Hubby really liked it as todays evening snacks.

Ingredients:

For Dabeli Filling:

Boiled & Mashed Potatoes: 5 (small)

Tamarind & Sweet chutney: 4 tbsp

Dabeli Masala:3 tbsp

Red chilly Powder:1/2 tsp

Chaat Masala:1/4 tsp

Amoochur Powder:1/4 tsp

Asafoetida: a pinch

Water:1/2 cups

Oil: 2-4 tbsb

Dry Roasted Peanuts: 6-8 tbsp

Chopped Onion: 6-8 tbsp

Pomengrate seeds: 4 tbsp

Coriander Leaves(finelly chopped): 4 tbsp

For Dabeli Masala:

Dry Red Chillies: 3

Cumin Seeds: 2 tsp

Dalchini Piece(cinnamon stick):1/2"

Coriander Seeds: 2 tbsp

Methi seeds: 1/2 tsp

Cloves:7-8

Method to make Dabeli Masala:

Dry roast all the ingeridents for dabeli masala for 3-4 minutes and once cooled down gring them into a fine Powder.

Other Ingredients:

Burger Buns(Pav: 6)

Butter: for cooking

Green chutney: 4 tbsp

Sweet Chutney: 4 tbsp

Sev:1/4 cup

Haldiram mixture:1/4 cup

Method:

For Dabeli filling: 

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add asafotedia,dabeli masala and dates & tamarind dates chutney.
• Now add mashed Potatoes and mix it well.
• Add Red Chilly Powder,Chaat Masala and amoochar Powder and mix well.
• Now add water and salt.
• Cook it for 5 minutes. Switch off the flame.
• Now take a small plate and spread the filling evenly on the plate. Now allow it to cool for 15-20 minutes.
• Now one by one add layers of roasted peanuts,chopped onions,pomengrate seeds,chopped coriander and haldiram mixture over it.

• Divide them into 6-7 equal parts and keep aside.

To Make Dabeli:

• Slit the Pav horizontally.
• Add sweet chutney on one side and green chutney on another side.
• Now we have to place one portion of dabeli filling between the buns.
• Now dip the sides of dabeli in sev.
• Heat tawa or griddle and add tsp of butter.
• Roast the Dabeli from bot the sides.
• Serve hot.