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Hi all,
This is Madhu Balu again from Chennai, India with yet another chat item, 'Bhel Puri'. Its an excellent in between filler and an evening snack. Try it out and send me your comments to balu_mad@hotmail.com

Bhel Puri

Ingredients

Boiled Potatoes - 2
Puffed Rice (Pori in Tamil) - 1 cup
Turmeric powder - a pinch

For Omapodi:

Besan flour - 1.5 cups
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Salt, hing
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil

For Sweet Chutney:

Tamarind - ping pong ball size (soaked in warm water)
Jaggery - 3 to 4 tsp
Dates (optional)- 2 (seeds removed after soaking in warm water)

For Green Chutney:

Coriander leaves - a small bunch
Mint leaves - half a bunch
Green Chillies - 1 or 2
Salt (very little)

For Red Chutney:

Tomato - 1 big cut to pieces
Onion - 1/2 cut to pieces
Saunf - 1/4 tsp
Salt (very little)

For Garnishing:

Slices of Onion, slices of Tomato, Coriander leaves chopped. Chat Masala powder - a pinch

Method:

  1. Prepare Omapodi by mixing all the above ingredients with little water into a stiff dough and then by passing them into hot oil through a presser with small holes. Remove and drain when fried.
  2. Grind sweet chutney with ingredients mentioned above by adding water.
  3. Grind green chutney with ingredients mentioned above by adding water.
  4. Grind red chutney with ingredients mentioned above by adding water.
  5. Now take a bowl add Pori, Smashed potatoes, Omapodi (broken to very small pieces) turmeric powder and mix well. When well mixed, pour all chutneys one by one mixing very well.
  6. Finally garnish with above mentioned items.
  7. Transfer to serving plate and serve immediately else it will become soggy.



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