Halwai July 26, 2023

Ingredients:

• Pavs or buns – 5
• Potatoes (boiled, peeled & mashed) – 2
• Onions (chopped) – 1
• Butter – 100g
• Ginger Garlic paste – 1/2 tsp
• Coriander chutney – 2 tbsp
• Tamarind chutney – 2 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp
• Amchoor – 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala – 1/2 tsp
• Black pepper (powder) – 1/4 tsp
• Coriander leaves (chopped) – 1 cup full
• Pomegranate – 1 cup
• Peanuts (roasted & halved) – 1 tbsp
• Sugar – 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste

Method:

  1. First mix chopped onions with hand full of coriander and keep aside.
  2. Save some coriander leaves for garnish.
  3. Mix tamarind and coriander chutney and keep aside.
  4. In a bowl,mix mashed potatoes with salt, sugar, black pepper, garam masala, coriander powder, amchoor, remaining coriander leaves and ginger-garlic paste.
  5. Take each pav and tear in the middle horizontally keeping one end intact.
  6. Do like this for all the pavs.
  7. On each each pav, apply chutney mix.
  8. Take the potato mix and put inside the two parts of the pav.
  9. Sprinkle some pomegranate and peanuts.
  10. Close the ends of the pav and apply butter on all the sides.
  11. Use limited amount of potato mix only so that it fits in properly between two parts of the pav.
  12. Take a tawa (griddle) and heat it.
  13. Once it is hot, press dabeli on to tawa surface.
  14. First one side and then the other side.
  15. Do this till pav surface turns brown.
  16. Serve hot with chutney or ketchup.

Recipe courtesy of shilpa