Indian Street Food

Dahi puri (also spelt as Dahi Poori)is a popular Indian Chaat item. It is basically an Indian street food like pani puri. But restaurants serve it too.

<<--Dahi poori ingredients

It is a curd (dahi - plain yogurt) based item so it is very satisfying to end your street food meal with a cool dish such as dahi poori.

As with pani puri, you can make the preparation for dahi-puri in advance and assemble the dish when you are ready to serve.

<<--Dahi poori ready to serve

It is a popular party dish. Be it a kids party or an elder's party, dahi poori and pani puri are in demand.

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How to make Dahi puri

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The ingredients for dahi-puri to serve 2 persons:

Keep all the ingredients ready.

Small puris - 10-12 or as many needed.

Potatoes - boiled and cubed - 1 cup,

onion - ½ cup finely chopped.

Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp finely chopped ,

curd (plain, fresh yogurt) - 2 cups

green chutney - 2 tbsp

dates sweet chutney - 2 tbsp,

soaked and boiled peas(optional) - ½ cup

salt - according to taste

chaat masala - 1 tbsp

tomatoes(optional) - 1/2 cup chopped

Follow the steps to Assemble Dahi puri just before serving: Fill the pooris with the given ingredients as shown in the picture

Potato suffing in puri

Add green chutney to poori

1. Place 5-6 puris on a plate. Tap each puri on the thinner side to make a hole. You can also use a back of a spoon to make a hole.
2. Add a little (abouthalf a spoon) of potato stuffing and peas in each puri.
3. Add a little chopped onion in the poori.
4. Add ¼ tsp green chutney and sweet chutney.
5. Add a big spoonful of fresh curd in and on the puri. It is ok if it overflows.
6. Sprinkle chopped onion, sev, chaat masala, red chili powder, freshly cut coriander, chopped tomatoes on all the pooris.
7. Serve immedietly.

This is how it is served in the restaurants as well as on the street. If you are having other chaat items such as pani puri, samosa etc, it is nice to end with a dish of dahi puri. It is a perfect end to your indian street food meal.

When you eat,

Pick up a whole stuffed puri, open your mouth as wide as you can. Stuff the poori in your mouth. Close your eyes and savor the mixture of tastes.

Yummmmmmmm!

Heavenly!

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