Ingredients
Puri
- 2 cups sooji
- ½ cup club soda
- 1 tsp salt
- oil for frying
Pani
- 1&½ cup cilantro roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup mint roughly chopped
- 2 serranos roughly chopped
- 3 garlic cloves roughly chopped
- 6 cups water
- ½ tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp black salt *sanchar
- regualr salt to taste
Pani Puri filling (potatoes & chana)
- 3 potatoes cooked and peeled
- 2 cups chana cooked
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cayenne pepper
Instructions
Puri
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In a large bowl mix Sooji, salt and club soda until everything is well combined into a dough form. Cover bowl with a dish towel and let it sit for 10 – 15 mins.
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Heat oil in a deep pot, you want to your oil to be hot.
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On a large countertop surface, roll out your dough and use a small cookie cutter to cut out rounds. Drop a 4-5 puris into the oil and fry them for 1-2 mins until they puff up and are slightly golden brown. Repeat step until you no longer have dough left.
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Store in an air tight container and enjoy!
Pani
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In a food processor add cilantro, mint, serrano, garlic, lemon juice, black salt (sanchar) and salt. Blend everything together until you have a paste like consistency. Transfer into a large bowl and add the water. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Pani Puri filling (potatoes & chana)
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Mix the cooked potatoes, chana along with the spices. Adjust spice level if you can’t handle to much heat.
Assembly
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Poke holes in your puri, fill with filling and dunk it into the pani (water). Enjoy!
Notes
- I used Laxmi brand Sooji, can be found in any Indian grocery store.
- Make sure when you roll out your dough, its thin and not to thick.
- Oil has to be hot so puri can puff up, cold oil will result into flat puri’s.
- I usually make the water the night before, so a lot of the flavors absorb.
- If dough is looking a bit dry add 1tbsp of club soda as you need to form a dough.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: Appetizer, dinner, Side Dish, Snack
- Cuisine: Indian
Keywords: dahi puri, pani puri, puri



3 replies on “Pani Puri”
Pani Puri is such a fun and flavorful snack, every bite is a burst of taste
★★★★
Can we talk about how flavorful the potato and chickpea filling is? It’s seasoned beautifully with chaat masala, so even without the water, it already tastes amazing. But once you pour that chilled, tangy mint soup inside, it becomes a total umami bomb. Highly recommend!
I love the balance of the sweet chutney and the sour, spicy water. It hits every single flavor profile in just one second