Dabeli Chaat

Dabeli Chaat is great evening snack option, you can also have this special chaat for dinner. I generally prepare this on friday night. Its a tasty and different dinner option.

 

Dabeli is a popular street food of Gujarat. It looks like a burger but the taste is totally different. Its sweet, sour, salty and spicy taste is surely going to be loved by you.

Ingredients for Dabeli

·                     Pav(bun) (burger bun)	8
·                     Butter	2 tbsp
·                     Red or green chutney	½ cup
·                     Masala peanuts (chopped)	2 tbsp
·                     Thin Sev	½ cup
·                     Coriander Leaves	½ cup(finely chopped)
·                     Anaar (pomegranate) seeds	½ cup

Ingredients for Dabeli Masala

·                     Whole Dhaniya(coriander)	2 tsp
·                     Jeera (cumin seeds)	1 tsp
·                     Red chilli whole	1
·                     Cinnamon stick	1 inch long piece
·                     Clove	3
·                     Black pepper	4 to 5

Ingredients for Dabeli stuffing

·                     Potatoes (boiled)	5 (medium size)
·                     Tomatoes (finely chopped)	2 (small)
·                     Green chilli	1
·                     Ginger	1 inch long piece
·                     Butter	1 tbsp
·                     Oil	1 tbsp
·                     Jeera(cumin seeds)	½ tsp
·                     Asafoetida	1 pinch
·                     Turmeric powder	¼ tsp
·                     Sugar	Half tsp. (you can also avoid is ingredient)
·                     Lemon juice	1 tsp
·                     Salt	To your taste

How to make Dabeli

Peel the potato and break into small pieces. Wash tomatoes and cut them into small pieces. Grind green chillies and zinger.

Dabeli Masala Powder Recipe

Put all the spices in a heated pan and roast till it turns light brown. Cool off the roasted spices and grind them into fine powder.  Your Dabeli Masala is now ready, keep it aside it will be used for stuffing.

How to make Dabeli stuffing

Pour oil and butter in a thick bottom wok and heat. Put asafoetida and Jeera into hot butter. After lightly roasting Jeera add ginger-green chilli paste and turmeric powder.
Roast lightly for 1 minute and then add chopped tomatoes and fry them till tomatoes are mashed as well as cooked. Now put salt, potatoes and Dabeli masala and continue to stir for 3 minutes. Dabeli stuffing is ready, take this mixture into a bowl and keep aside.

How to Prepare Dabeli

Cut 2 sides of Pav Bread (you can easily get them from ASDA or Tesco) in a manner that the remaining 2 sides are stuck together. Heat flat pan, apply little butter on the upper and lower sides of the cut Pav. Heat them on the pan till both sides turn light brown.
Open the cut portion of Pav; on its inner portions apply tamarind Chutney on one side and spicy green Chutney on the other. Now take one spoon full of Dabeli stuffing and place it on the inner portion of Pav. Place 1 tsp chopped peanut, 1 tsp Sev, 1 tsp coriander leaves, and 1 tsp pomegranate seeds on the stuffing. Take Dabeli on your palm and press to close it.
Now your delicious Dabeli is ready. Serve them hot.

Serves: 4-5. www.thboxes.com