Masala Puri Chaat-Bangalore street snack!

I guess many people might not have heard of masala puri chaat? This is a tasty chaat from the streets of Bangalore.My evenings were never complete until I visit these cute chaat cart and order 1 plate masala puri then 1 more plate masala puri:-).Nice aroma from these colorfull chaat carts are filled in Bangalore streets.They make masala puri,pani puri,bhel,sev puri,dahi puri and much more creative chats with lots of variations.

Masala puri is a perfect combination of boiled dry peas,ragada(masala),crispy puris topped with chuteys,sev & chopped onion,tomato.

Cool evening breeze of bangalore and this warm masala puri!Huh!I miss it:-).I don't remember eating less than 4-5 plates of different chaats ! masala puri being my all time favourite.

We all must have loads and loads of memories attached with your family,friends,loved one's when we think of these chaat corners.

Above is the cute little colorfull chaat cart(chaat wallah,chaat gaadi(kannada)) that I  was talking about.A big pan of boiling peas,big crispy packets of puri,huge container filled with masala/ragada and much  more arranged in this small mobile cart & serving lots of snacks.Some people usually push it from street to street so they get to serve many people.

Next comes the pics of Chaat corners (stores)

Coming to the recipe part:

Masala(Ragada)

11/2 cup dry green peas soaked overnight and boiled
1 tspn roasted chana dal
1/2 tspn poppy seeds
1 Tbspn oil
1/2 tspn cumin seeds/jeera
2 bay leaf
3 pods star anise(not whole flower)
1 marati moggu
1/4 tspn fennel seeds
2 Tbspn cilantro(kothambari soppu)
4 dry red chilli(u can also use redchilly powder-add this directly while grinding)
1 green chilly
2 inch piece cinnamon
3 cloves
2 garlic pod

Looking at the ingredients now you know why its called masala puri! rite ,lots of spices...

1)Add oil in a pan,when medium hot add jeera,bay leaves,cinnamon,cloves,star anise,marati moggu fry for few seconds,add the fennel seeds.Then add red chilly,poppy seeds fry it and keep it aside.

2)Combine the boiled peas,above tempering and the remaining ingredients in the list.Lets blend it to a smooth puree by adding little at a time.You can use water while grinding to ease the process.

3)Add  2 cups water and bring it to boil in medium for 15-20 min and simmer it for 15 more min.Adjust water as it tend to thicken once boiled and cooled.While serving add 1 cup water and then heat up again.

4)If possible,refrigerate and  use it next day for best results.

Puri

For best results use puris used for pani puri.You can also use papdis.

Tamarind Chutney

Click here for the tamarind chutney recipe

Preparation

1)Add 6-7 pani puris/papdis in a plate.Crush them

2)Add 5 Tbspn boiled  salted dry green peas.Then big serving spoonful of  hot masala/ragada

3)Add 1 tspn tamarind chutney.Top it with sev,chopped onions,tomato,1 tspn yogurt.

4)No one can eat just 1 !:-)

And finally I always end up my chaats with a bowl of homemade mango ice cream.Remember those juice and chaat corners!Lets make this chaat and ice cream and enjoy evenings:-)

Bangalore has a lot of juice and chaat corners  and always used to order some milk shakes or ice creams after chaats . I usually end up with a bowl of super easy and yummy Mango Ice cream

  CLICK HERE FOR EASY MANGO ICE CREAM RECIPE