Sev Batata Puri | Paapri Chat | Papdi Chat

Sev Batata puri is one of the famous and sought after street food items from Bombay alongside Bhelpuri,  Paani Puri and Pavbhaji .

 Sev (सेव) is deep fried string hoppers made using gram flour, Batata (बटाटा) in Marathi is potatoes and Puri or paapdi (पूरी / पापडी) are small deep fried discs made using All purpose flour / maida . . 

Well,not only is this famous in Bombay,it is also famous all over the Northern India popularly know as Paapri Chaat or Paapdi Chaat .  Though there is a slight difference in the chutneys used,  the end result is always too good to be put in words . With each bite you can feel an explosion of flavors and various tastes in your mouth which needs to be experienced and enjoyed :-) 

 We can also make these discs using whole wheat flour .  For this recipe today,  I have used store bought puris which were made out of maida .

You can look up my video link  below to prepare whole wheat puris at home . I generally prefer to use a slightly spicy version of the puris as it adds up to the taste of the chaat .

If we have all the ingredients ready ,it hardly takes 15 mins to put this snack together else you will need about 1-  2 hrs to prepare the potato filling , chutneys, chopping of onions , tomatoes ,corriander etc. 

Preparation Time - 1hr
Assembling Time - 5 mins
Serves - 2 
Complexity - Simple 

Ingredients 

14 puris / paapdi
2 medium sized potatoes boiled and mashed 
1/2 cup onion finely chopped  (skip for the No Onion No garlic version)
1/2 cup tomato finely chopped 

1/2 cup khajoor imli chutney / dates tamarind chutney 

1/2 cup green chutney / hari chutney 

1/2 cup nylon sev 

Chat masala to sprinkle 

Finely chopped corriander for garnish 

Method 

• Arrange 7 papdis each on 2 set of plates.
• Season the boiled and mashed potatoes with some salt and red chilli powder and mix them well.
• Place about 1/2 tsp of potato filling on each puri.
• Place some onions and tomatoes over the potato filling.
• Top the puris with 1/2 tsp each of dates tamarind chutney and green chutney. 
• Sprinkle some chat masala and garnish with a lot of sev and finely chopped corriander. 
• Delicious sev Batata puri is ready to be served.

Serving Suggestions/ Tips 

• Keep all the ingredients ready before you start assembling the sev puri .
• Serve it soon after assembling, else the puris will lose the crunch due to the chutney and the charm of biting into the crunch will be lost. 
• You may also add some boiled whole moong beans or black channa (black chickpeas) to the potato mixture. 
• You may add or reduce the amount of chutney you top up on the potato mixture depending on how spicy or mild you like the chaat to be .

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