Indian street food recipes: Dabeli

By Nandini Bhushan

Street food in India is a vibrant and integral part of culinary culture offering a diverse range of flavours, textures and aromas. The rich journey of Indian street food varies widely from region to region, reflecting the country’s diverse culinary tradition. From east to west and north to south, every corner offers its own unique street food made with locally available ingredients. Cheap and easily available, these street foods are consumed by millions.

Also try: Indian street food recipes: Samosa

Dabeli

Dabeli is a street food that originated from the Kutch region of Gujarat. It is a delightful combination of sweet, tangy and spicy flavours.

Ingredients 

(Serving for 2 to 3 persons)

Potatoes: 4 medium-sized, boiled and mashed 

Onion: 1 small finely chopped 

Mustard seeds: 1 tsp

Cumin seed: ½ tsp

Hing: ¼ tsp

Dabeli masala: 2 tsp

Oil: 1 tsp

Tamarind date chutney: 2 tsp

Salt to taste

For Assembling

Pav: 6

Butter: 2 tsp

Roasted and crushed peanut: 2 tsp

Pomegranate seeds: 2 tsp

Sev: 4 tsp

Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

Step 1

Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. To this add mustard and cumin seeds and let them splutter. Add hing and onion and saute until onion turns translucent.

Step 2

To this add the mashed potato and dabeli masala along with salt and saute them all together for about a couple of minutes. Once done switch off the flame and let it cool down.

Step 3

Slit the pav horizontally and butter both sides. In a griddle pan toast them from both sides.

Step 4

Stuff each pav with a generous portion of the prepared potato mixture. Garnish the stuffed pav with pomegranate, crushed peanut, Sev and chopped coriander leaves.

Step 5

Serve hot with extra masala peanut and tamarind chutney on the side 

Enjoy your homemade dabeli.