Description
Masala Puri is the dry puri everyone wants at the end of a pani puri eating binge. We make them as a snack on their own.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 pani puri puris
- 2 Tbs Coriander seeds
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 white peppercorns (substitute with black)
- 1 tsp salt or more to taste
- 1 tsp mild red chili powder
- 0.5 cup chopped onion
- 0.5 cup chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Add the coriander seeds to a dry pan and toast on low to medium heat shaking constantly and occassionaly lifting pan off heat till the coriander seeds are warm, dry and slightly aromatic. Then cool in a dish.
- Do the same with cumin seeds and the peppercorns
- Add above to a coffee grinder and grind till the coriander seeds are ground with only a few coarse shells present
- Mix in the salt and half the red chili powder
- knock the weaker side of the pani puri puri with a finger to make a hole in the puris
- Mix chopped onions and chopped cilantro
- Add the onions and cilantro to the puri shells
- Then stuff and sprinkle some of the ground masala using one to two pinches on the puri
- Dust with remaining chili powder and serve
- Prep Time: 2 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: snack
- Cuisine: Indian