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Sev puri
Puri topped with potato and chutneys
शेव पुरी: Mumbai's crisp flat puris piled with potato, three chutneys, onion and sev
Sev puri is the snack Mumbaikars eat standing up at Juhu and Girgaum Chowpatty, or at the chaat stall outside the office in the evening. Flat, crisp papdi are laid out on a plate, topped with potato, onion and raw mango, splashed with green, sweet tamarind and red garlic chutneys, then buried under a snowfall of fine sev. It must be eaten within a couple of minutes, before the papdi soften. Here the papdi are made at home, but good shop-bought ones work fine on a busy day. Chef's tip: assemble each plate just before it's eaten, in the order given; chutney on bare papdi makes them soggy, so the potato always goes down first.
- Total time
- 50 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the papdi
- 4 oz plain flour
- 1 tbsp fine semolina
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 3 ½ tbsp waterabout
- 2 cups sunflower oilfor deep frying
For the topping
- 2 potatoesboiled, peeled and finely diced
- 1 red onionvery finely chopped
- ½ raw green mango (optional)finely diced
- 1 tsp chaat masala
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
For the chutneys
To finish
- 3 ½ oz fine nylon sev
- 3 tbsp fresh corianderchopped
- ½ lemon (optional)
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: For the papdi, rub 1 tbsp sunflower oil into 4 oz plain flour, 1 tbsp fine semolina and ½ tsp salt until it looks like breadcrumbs and holds together when squeezed. Add 3 ½ tbsp water little by little to make a stiff dough, firmer than chapati dough. Cover and rest for 15 minutes.
15 minStep 2: Roll the dough out very thin, about 2 mm, and cut 6 cm rounds with a cutter. Prick each one 4–5 times with a fork so they don't puff up. Re-roll the scraps; you should get about 28.
Step 3: Heat 2 cups sunflower oil in a kadai over a medium-low heat to about 325°F; a scrap of dough should rise slowly with small bubbles. Fry the papdi 8–10 at a time for 3–4 minutes, turning, until pale golden and crisp, and the bubbling has nearly stopped. Common mistake: frying them hot and fast. They brown outside and stay chewy in the middle. Drain and cool; they crisp further as they cool.
15 minStep 4: Mix 2 potatoes with 1 tsp chaat masala, ½ tsp red chilli powder and a pinch of salt.
Step 5: To assemble, lay 6–7 papdi flat on each plate. Top each with a teaspoon of potato, then a little 1 red onion and ½ raw green mango if using.
Step 6: Drizzle over 4 tbsp green coriander and mint chutney, then 5 tbsp sweet tamarind and date chutney, then a few dots of 2 tbsp red garlic chutney, thinned with a little water. Cover completely with a big handful of 3 ½ oz fine nylon sev, scatter with 3 tbsp fresh coriander, squeeze over a few drops of ½ lemon and serve at once.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 460 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does sev puri take?
- About 50 minutes in total: 30 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegan?
- Yes. It has no meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of potatoes?
- Sweet potato, same weight (sweeter, cooks a little faster).
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