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Pani puri recipe | homemade pani puri recipe | golgappa recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Rest time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Course chaat, Street Food
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
 

For panipuri puri

  • 1 cup semolina - coarse rava
  • 4 tbsp maida
  • ½ cup hot water or as required
  • Oil for frying

For pani puri water

    tamarind pulp

    • 1 cup or 70 grm tamarind
    • 1 cup hot water

    Green paste

    • ½ cup mint leaves
    • 1 cup coriander leaves
    • 6-7 green chilli
    • 1 inch ginger
    • 5 tbsp prepared tamarind pulp
    • 3 tbsp jaggery
    • ½ cup water
    • Some ice cubes

    Pani

    • Prepared green paste
    • 1.5 litre water
    • 1 tbsp cumin powder
    • 1 tbsp black salt
    • 1 tbsp chaat masala
    • 1 tbsp jaljeera masala
    • Salt to taste
    • Pinch of hing
    • ¼ tsp black pepper
    • Garnish with coriander leaves - fried boondi, red chilli flakes

    For pani puri masala

    • 5-6 medium size boiled potatoes
    • ½ cup boiled black chana
    • 1 tbsp ginger green chilli paste
    • 1 chopped onion
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tsp black salt
    • 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
    • 1 tsp red chilli flex
    • 1 lemon juice
    • 1 tsp chaat masala
    • Some coriander leaves
    • 5-6 crushed poori

    Instructions

    Making puri for pani puri

    • In a mixing bowl, 1 cup coarse rava (semolina) and 4 tbsp maida. Mix well.
    • Heat ½ cup water and knead tight and stiff dough.
    • Cover dough with moist cloth and rest for at least 1hrs.
    • Now take small size ball from dough. make all dough ball into same way.
    • roll thin puri from dough ball. Make all puri into same way.
    • Cover rolled puri with cloth. Do not dry rolled puri otherwise it will not be puff up.
    • Heat oil on medium heat. Add rolled puri and sprinkle some hot oil on it. Puri puffs up immediately due to moisture contain on its upper surface.
    • Fry all puri into same way.
    • Store fried puri into air-tight container.

    Making pani puri water

    • In a mixing bowl, add 1 cup tamarind and 1 cup hot water. Soak tamarind till it become soft.
    • Now strain tamarind pulp and keep it aside.
    • In a mixture jar, add coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilli, ginger, tamarind pulp, jaggery, water and ice cubes. Grind it into thick paste.
    • Take out grinded paste into mixing bowl. Add 1.5 litre water and mix well.
    • Then add cumin powder, black salt, chaat masala, jaljeera masala, salt, hing and black pepper powder. Mix well.
    • Garnish with coriander leaves, fried boondi and red chilli flakes.
    • Refrigerator pani for 2 hrs so masala flavor absorbs in it.
    • Serve street style pani with puri and masala.

    Making potato masala for pani puri

    • In a mixing bowl, mashed boiled potatoes with hand.
    • Add boiled chana, chopped onion, black salt, roasted cumin powder, red chilli flex, lemon juice, chaat masala, coriander leaves and crushed puri. Mix well.
    • Street style potato masala is ready to serve with puri.

    Assembling pani puri

    • Take one puri and make a hole into center.
    • Fill with potato masala and pani puri water.

    Notes

    For crispy puri
    • Use coarse rava or semolina for crispy puris.
    • Maida provides binding to the dough; do not substitute it with wheat flour.
    • Add hot water and knead the dough tightly and stiffly for puris. Do not knead it into a soft consistency.
    • Cover the dough with a moist cloth and let it rest for at least 1 hour so it sets properly.
    • Roll the puris thinly for pani puri.
    • Cover the rolled puris with a cloth. Do not let the rolled puris dry out; otherwise, they will not puff up.
    • While frying, lightly press the puris and sprinkle hot oil on them.
    • Fry the puris on medium heat.
    For pani puri water
    • Jaggery balances the flavor of all the spices.
    • Adding ice cubes helps retain the green color of the paste.
    • You can use pani puri masala instead of jaljeera powder.