Masala Puri

Ingredients for Gravy:
2 cups of soaked Green Peas / frozen Green Peas / Batani
1/4 cup soaked Green Grams / Hesaru Kaalu
2 Green Chillies
4-5 strands of Coriander leaves
2-3 Mint leaves / 0.5 tsp Mint leaves powder
4-5 Pepper
2 Cloves
1 inch sized Cinnamon
1 Bay leaf
Grape sized Tamarind
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Corn flour
3/4 tsp Rice flour
3/4 tsp Wheat flour
1-2 tsp Oil
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 medium sized Onion
1/4 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
Pinch of Asafotida powder

Ingredients for Hot Green Chutney: (Optional)
8-10 Green Chillies
10-15 strands of Coriander leaves
1-1.5 tsp roasted Cumin seed powder

Ingredients for Sweet Tamarind Chutney: (Optional)
Medium lemon sized Tamarind
2-3 Dates
Large lemon sized Jaggary
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp roasted Cumin seed powder

Ingredients for Garnishing:
1/2 cup soaked Green Peas / frozen Green Peas / Batani
1/2 medium sized Tomato
1/2 medium sized Onion
4-5 strands of Coriander leaves
1/2 Carrot
Pinch of Chilly powder
Pinch of Salt
1/4 cup of Sev / Bombay Mixture
2-3 drops of Lemon Juice

Other Ingredients:
20 Chat Puris

Gravy Recipe:
Cook soaked green grams and soaked green peas together in a pressure cooker by adding salt and sufficient amount of water.(3 whistles)

Put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, 1 tsp oil in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add ginger garlic paste and fry them for about 1 min. Add chopped onion, asafetida powder and fry them for about 2 mins. Grind cooked green grams, green peas, fried onion masala, coriander leaves,cinnamon, 1/2 bay leaf, cloves, peppers, green chillies, tamarind, mint leaves into smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water.

Pour this ground masala in a vessel. Add sufficient amount of water, salt, coriander powder, rice flour, corn flour, wheat flour and bring it to boil. The consistency of the gravy should be like that of thin milkshake. Put 1/2 bay leaf to gravy. Keep the gravy in low flame for about 1 hr and keep stirring the gravy once in 5 mins. Take off the bay leaf from the gravy.


Hot Green Chutney Recipe: (optional)
Grind green chillies, coriander leaves, cumin seed powder, salt into smooth paste by adding little amount of water.

Sweet Tamarind Chutney Recipe: (optional)
Remove the seeds of dates and put it in bowl containing hot water for about 5 mins. Put the tamarind in a bowl and add little amount of water and mash it properly. Grind dates, tamarind pulp, jaggary, cumin seed powder, salt into smooth paste by adding little amount of water.

Masla Puri Recipe:
Cook green peas by adding little amount of water and salt.

Chop onion, tomato, coriander leaves into small pieces as shown in the picture below. Grate the carrot as shown in the picture below.

Take 6-7 Chat puris and mash them little bit as shown in the picture below.

Garnish little amount of cooked green peas as shown in the picture below.

Sprinkle little amount salt and chilly powder.(Add hot green chutney or sweet tamarind chutney if required)
Take around 1 cup of prepared gravy and pour it over the mashed puris as shown in the picture below.

Garnish with chopped tomato, onion, coriander leaves, grated carrot. Sprinkle little amount of bombay mixture / Sev as shown in the picture below. Garnish 2-3 drops of lemon juice and serve immediately.