Bhel Poori

Recipe Ingredients:

For Chat:

300gm new potatoes

200gm chickpeas, soaked and cooked

100 gm sev noodles

55 gm puffed rice

4 tbsp raisins

2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander

1 tbsp fennel seeds toasted and cooled

pooris crushed

salt

For Chat Masala:

1 tbsp coriander seeds

1 tbsp cumin seeds

1 tbsp black peppercorns

2 dried red chillies

For Serving:

natural yogurt

tamarind chutney

green chutney

How to Prepare:

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to boil and cook the potatoes for 15-20 minutes, untill tender. Drain and run under cold water to cool, then peel and mash them. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, to make chat masala, heat a dry fry pan over a high heat. Add the coriander and cumin seeds, peppercorns and dry chillies and stir around untill they give of their aroma. Immediately tip them out of the pan to stop the cooking, watching closely because the cumin seeds burn quickly. Grind the toasted spice mixture in a spice grinder or with a pestle and mortar.

Use your hand to toss together the potatoes, chickpeas, sev noodles, puffed rice, raisins, coriander, fennel seeds and crushed pooris. Sprinkle with chat masala and toss again.

Divide the mixture in serving plates and drizzle with yogurt, tamarind chutney and green chutney according to taste. Garnish with puffed rice, corn flakes, raisins and sev noodles.