Gol gappa (also known as pani puri) is a popular bite-sized chaat consisting of a hollow, deep-fried puffed ball that is filled with potato, chickpea, onion, spices, and flavored water, usually tamarind or mint, and placed in one’s mouth whole. This is mainly a street side food in Pakistan & India.
Puri for Pani Puri or Puchka Puri is a fried puffed crispy puri that forms the base of Pani Puri. They are filled with a spicy potato and black chickpea filling topped with spicy flavored water and then popped into the mouth in one go.
Ingredients for Gol Gappa
- Flour (Chaki ka atta) 1 cup
- Salt ¼ teaspoon
- Water for kneading
How to Make:
- Mix salt in flour and knead it with water.
- Put the dough in a bowl and cover with a damp cloth for 2 hours.
- Shape the dough into small balls and roll them on a work surface dusted with flour. Roll out very thin, even if the surface is visible under the rolled dough.
- Cut out with a cookie cutter in the desired size. Cover it again with a wet cloth.
- Heat the oil in a wok. Keep the flame medium-high.
- When the oil is heated, add one puri to it and press it down with a frying spoon. It puffs up when you press, turn on one side, fry for a few minutes on the other side, and remove from the oil.
- In the same way, make all gol gappay.
Sweet chutney
Ingredients
- Tamarind (Imli) pulp 1 cup
- Jaggery/brown sugar ½ cup
- Red chili powder 1 tsp
- Crushed roasted cumin ½ tsp
- Salt to taste
Instruction
Add tamarind pulp, jaggery/brown sugar, red chili powder, cumin, and salt to the pan. Cover and cook until thickened.
Red chutney
Ingredients
- Water 1 cup
- Sugar ¼ cup
- Dates 50 g (remove seeds)
- Red chili powder 1 tsp
- Crushed roasted cumin ½ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Red food coloring 1 pinch
Instruction
- Cook all the red chutney ingredients until slightly thickened.
- Allow to cool and rub into a smooth paste.
Sour water (Khata Pani)
Ingredients
- Cold water 1 liter
- Thick tamarind pulp 1 cup
- Roasted cumin powder ½ tsp
- Black salt (kala namak) ½ tsp
- Red chili powder ½ tsp
- Black pepper powder ½ tsp
- Dry ginger powder ¼ tsp
- Chaat masala 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
Instruction
Mix all ingredients in water. Add ice if needed.
How to Eat Pani Puri
Make a hole in Gol Gappa from one side and insert all given ingredients in the rounded Gol Gappa. Now fill this Gol Gappa with sour water and eat at once.
