Dahi Papdi Chaat

                                   
                                                    Dahi Papdi Chaat

            Dahi- Curd or Yogurt, papdi- crispy fried wafer using maida.It is traditional street food, very famous in North India. Its a mouth-watering snack, where in a single bite you can enjoy various tastes like sweetness, sourness, spiciness, etc and the chilled yogurt. 
            Dahi papdi chat is favorite for my husband and y nephew. I made this chaat several times, now after many experiments, I am posting it in my blog.

Cuisine: North Indian Chaats
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes 

Ingredients:

For Papdi:
Maida: 1 cup
Cheroti rava: 1 tablespoon
Salt: as per taste
Ajwain: a pinch
water as needed
Oil for frying

For Chaat:
Boiled Potato: 2 nos
Onions finely chopped: 1 no
Chaat masala: 1 teaspoon
Tamarind chutney: 2 tea spoons
Mint chutney: 2 table spoons
Well beaten curd: 1 cup
Sev or Ompodi: 2 table spoons (Optional)
Coriander leaves finely chopped: 2 tea spoons (Optional) 

Method:
1. Take 1 cup of maida in a wide bowl, add cheroti rava, salt, ajwain and mix well.
2. Sprinkle water little by little and knead it into soft dough. Let it rest for 5 minutes.
3. Take a marble sized portion of the dough and roll out into thin papdi's, prick it with fork, so that it will not puff while frying.
4. Place a kadai on the stove and heat enough for frying.
5. Heat oil over medium flame, when the oil is hot, drop in papdi's 3 to 4 at a time. 
6. Fry till it becomes golden brown, drain excess oil and take it out.
7. Cool it completely and store it in a air tight container. 
8. Noe boil the potatoes and mash it. Keep it ready.
9. Add chopped onions, chaat masala t the mashed potato and mix well.
10. Beat the curd and keep, make the chutneys and keep.

Assembling papdi chaat:
1. Take the papdi and spread the potato mixture evenly over it and add imli chutney and mint chutney. 2.Pour the beaten curd evenly over all the assembled papdi's and garnish it with sev and coriander. 3.Serve immediately.

Note:
1 Curd should be chilled ie, refrigerated.
2. I have already posted imli and green chutney recipe in my earlier posts ( Vada Pav).