Dabeli Recipe | Kacchi Dabeli | Gujarati Snack Recipes

• Burger buns or Pav buns – 6 nos

For potato masala

• Boiled potatoes – 2 nos ( big)
• Big onion – 1 no
• Tomato – 1 no
• **Dabeli masala powder – 1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves – to garnish
• Salt & water – as needed
• Lemon juice – few drops
• Grated coconut – 2 tbsp ( to garnish)

Dabeli masala powder

• Dhania/Coriander seeds – 2 tbsp
• Cumin seeds/Jeera – 1 tbsp
• Red chillies – 4 nos
• Cloves – 4 nos
• Cinnamon – 2 inch

For peanut mix

• Roasted peanuts – 1/2 cup
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Asafetida/Hing – a big pinch
• Salt – as needed

For red chutney/Garlic chutney

• Garlic – 15 cloves
• Red chillies – 4 nos ( soak in water
• Lemon juice – as needed
• Water – little
• Salt – as required

For Sweet chutney/Tamarind chutney

• Tamarind – Big gooseberry size
• Dates – 4 nos
• Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
• Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp
• Salt – as needed
• Water – little

To garnish

• Pomegranate seeds – a handful
• Sev/Omapodi – as needed

• Soak the red chillies in little water for grinding red chutney. Soak tamarind and dates together in some water for sweet chutney. Wash and pressure cook the potatoes. In the mean time, dry roast all the ingredients given under “Dabeli masala powder”. Roast them until you get a nice aroma of dhania and other spices. Grind them to a powder & keep apart.

• Roast the peanuts, remove the skin. Heat little oil and add the roasted peanuts. Add red chilli powder, hing and salt (I roasted my peanuts in microwave for 3 minutes in high power(800W) and proceeded in the kadai).

• Chop onion and tomato. Heat oil in a kadai and add the onions.Saute until transparent. Then add tomatoes and saute until it becomes mushy. Add the dabeli masala powder, salt and turmeric powder. Saute them and lastly add the mashed potatoes. Mix well and add little water if you feel the mixture is too dry. Let it become a dough like thing. Sprinkle some lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves. Remove them in a plate. Add some grated coconut over the potato masala and sprinkle some pomegranate seeds & roasted peanut mix.

• Now make the red chutney by grinding garlic, soaked red chillies, salt & lemon juice. Grind it to a smooth paste adding little water. Remove in a bowl.

• Grind the soaked dates, tamarind along with red chilli powder, cumin powder and salt to a smooth paste. Remove in a bowl.

• Take a burger bun or pav bun and slit into two. Toast them in a tawa adding butter or oil. Apply garlic chutney on one side and sweet chutney on the other side. Spread the potato masala over the sweet chutney. Garnish with roasted peanuts, pomegranate seeds and sev. Close the bun and serve ! Enjoy !

• Add more red chillies to garlic chutney if you want spicy ones.
• Adjust the quantity of chilli powder, dates & tamarind as per your taste. Add more dates if you want sweet taste.
• Do not skip pomegranate seeds. It gives a crunchy taste while eating.