Spicy, sweet, and tangy, Pani puri is a popular street food, served all over India. A round, ball-shaped, hollow puri, is filled with spicy, flavorful potato and black chickpeas mixture, filled with flavor bursting, lip-smacking, spicy, tangy mint-cilantro pani (water).Sharing 3 different flavors of pani (water) from traditional mint-cilantro, to more trendy strawberry and pineapple ones. Enjoy this popular street food at home with my healthier, guilt-free HOMEMADE AIR FRY PANI PURI This recipe is VEGAN
In a blender jar, add cilantro ( leaves + stems ) roughly chopped, mint, ginger, roasted cumin seeds, pink Himalayan salt, lemon juice from one lemon, and just enough water to grind it to a fine paste.Note: Lemon juice helps prevent the mint leaves from turning dark while grinding.
Transfer mint-cilantro paste into a large serving bowl, add remaining water, mix well. Adjust the seasoning as per taste. Add more salt or lemon juice as required. Refrigerate for atleast an hour before serving. Just before serving add the boondi, mix and serve. Enjoy this minty, fresh mint-cilantro pani with some HOMEMADE AIR FRY PANI PURINote: Boondi turns soft once added to the pani. If you prefer soft boondi then add it at the time of refrigeration. For crunchy boondi add it just before serving.
STRAWBERRY PANI PURI
Wash and hull the strawberries. Cut the strawberries into quarter.
In a blender jar, add strawberries, mint, ginger, roasted cumin seeds, pink Himalayan salt, lemon juice from one lemon, and just enough water to grind it to a fine puree.
Remove the strawberry puree into the serving bowl, add remaining water, adjust the seasoning as per taste. Add more salt or lemon juice as required. Add some chia seeds, mix well. Enjoy this sweet and tangy, fresh strawberry pani with some HOMEMADE AIR FRY PANI PURINote: You can adjust the consistency of this strawberry pani by adding more water as per taste.
Using a sharp kitchen knife, peel the outer peel of the pineapple. Slice the pineapple into quarters, and cut the core. Cut the pineapple into chunks.
To make fresh pineapple juice, add the pineapple chunks, along with a piece of ginger and few mint leaves.
In a bowl, add fresh pineapple juice, roasted cumin powder, pink Himalayan salt, lemon juice to taste, adjust the seasoning as per taste. Add more salt or lemon juice as required. Enjoy this sweet and tangy, fresh pineapple pani with some HOMEMADE AIR FRY PANI PURINote: You can adjust the consistency of this pineapple pani by adding water as per taste.
MASALA FOR PANI PURI
In a bowl, add mashed potato, kala chana, red chili powder, roasted cumin seeds powder, amchur powder, pink salt, chopped cilantro, and salt to taste.Note: To cook kala chana, I use this recipe HOW TO COOK CHICKPEAS
Mix everything with a spoon. Masala for pani puri is ready.
HOW TO ASSEMBLE PANI PURI
Take one puri, and with your thumb or index finger, make a hole in the middle of the puri.
Take some masala, and stuff the puri with it.Note: Stuffing can be added as per taste, more or less.
The puri is ready to be devoured with the pani. Enjoy with your choice of pani, mint-cilantro, strawberry or pineapple pani.