Pani Puri or Golgappas are deep fried mini puris filled with lip smacking spicy and sweet flavored pani/water and potato filling.
My Favorite Pani Puri
Here is my all-time favorite – Pani Puri recipe. When it comes to chaat, I cannot skip Pani Puri. It is one of the popular and one of the most common street foods of India.
What Is Gogappas?
Pani puri is also known as golgappas. It is deep fried mini poori filled with lip-smacking spicy and sweet flavored pani/water and also with additional filling. Each and every region in India has their own flavored pani puri and there are many varieties of these Pani Puri recipes. Here is my first one.
Mega Marathon
Whenever I host potlucks at my home, papdi chaat (recipe coming soon) or Pani Puri will be there for sure. But I never got a chance to post them on the blog as I always prepare them for some parties and potlucks and always miss to click the pictures. Thanks to this Mega Marathon and I am super glad that I picked the chaat theme. I usually go with store-bought Poori for the potlucks (not that it’s hard to prepare, but semi-homemade always makes it easy and helps me to focus on the main course) and that makes this chat super easy.
For this marathon, I wanted to try this from scratch but again things became pretty hectic in August and went with store-bought poori. I know September will be super hectic and my weekends will also busy with IMC stalls, so I wanted to complete all the cooking before September. These were some of the recipes that I prepared last week, but posting it early. At least I am happy that I was able to prepare papdi chaat from scratch. I will post the homemade poori recipe soon.
Pani Puri or Gogappas Fillings
I usually set up my Pani Puri table with all the fillings and let my guests add as per their preference. Some may prefer more sweet chutney while others may prefer only the spicy and tangy green pani.
As the recipe calls for a lot of prep work, let me get into the recipe directly. No more writings. But believe me, this is a simple recipe and all these prep work can be done well ahead.
Pani Puri or Gogappas Recipe
Ingredients:
- Half of medium-sized onion or about ¼ to ⅓ cup of chopped onion
- Sev – as required
- Sweet Chutney – as required
- Mini Pooris – 15 (I used store bought ones for this recipe)
For Kala Channa Mix:
- Kala Channa – ¼ cup
- Water – 2 cups
- Salt – ¼ tsp
For the Pani Puri Chutney:
- Tightly Packed Pudina – ½ cup
- Tightly packed Cilantro – ½ cup
- Green Chilly – 1
- Ginger – a small piece
- Black Salt – 1 tsp
- Pani Puri Masala – ½ tsp (Optional)
- Chaat Masala – 1 tsp
- Salt – ¼ tsp
- Lemon Juice – 3 tbsps
- Water – 2 cups + 3 tbsps
- Boondi – 3 to 4 tbsps
For the Potato Mix:
- Small Potatoes – 3
- Cilantro Chopped – 2 tbsps
- Amchur Powder – ¼ tsp
- Red Chilli Powder – ¼ tsp
Prep-Work:
- Chop the cilantro and onions. Keep the pooris ready and also the sev and sweet chutney. If required, dilute the sweet chutney as per your preference.
- Wash the mint leaves and chop ginger.
Steps:
Preparing Kala Channa:
- Soak the kala channa overnight and pressure cook them for up to 3 whistles by adding ¼ tsp of salt and with 2 cups of water. For this recipe, you need about ¼ to ½ cup of cooked channa. But with the remaining, you can always prepare kala channa chaat. (recipe coming soon)
Preparing the Potato Mix:
- Microwave the potatoes in potato mode and let it cool. Then peel the skin and mash them down. Cook potatoes as per your preference. I always microwave them.
- To this mashed potatoes, add the chopped cilantro, red chili powder, and amchur powder and mix well.
- Set this aside.
Preparing Pani Puri Chutney:
- Grind all the ingredients given under “for pain puri chutney” by adding 3 tbsps of water. Adjust salt and spice as per your preference.
- Then add dilute this chutney with 2 cups of water and add boondhi to this. (I usually save about 2 tbsps of this chutney for my dahi sev puri too)
Assembling and Serving:
As I mentioned in the intro, I usually keep all the condiments and fillings separately and let my guest add accordingly. But here is what I do for myself,
- Take as much as puris you want. (I took 8 in one plate).
- Poke them in the middle with a fork and make sure you don’t break the pooris.
- Now fill it with ½ tbsp of kala channa and then with potato mix.
- Then add the raw onions, sweet chutney, and the sev.
- Just before gobbling, add as much as the pani puri water.
- Enjoy the bursting flavors :-)
Notes:
- Adjust the spices and salt as per your preference.
- I add store-bought pani puri masala to my chutney for additional flavor. Jal jeera masala can be used too.
- The filling can be done in any order.
- I didn’t add any salt for my potato filling but you can add it too.
How I serve for the kid:
- For kiddo, I skip raw onions and kala channa too. I only add potato mix, sweet chutney, and sev. He likes the mild pani puri water so I add about 2 tsps of it. :-)
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📖 Recipe
Pani Puri | Golgappas
Ingredients
- ½ medium sized onion or about ¼ to ⅓ cup of chopped onion
- Sev - as required
- Sweet Chutney - as required
- 15 Mini Pooris I used store bought ones for this recipe
For Kala Channa Mix
- ¼ cup Kala Channa
- 2 cups Water
- ¼ tsp Salt
For the Pani Puri Chutney
- ½ cup Tightly Packed Pudina
- ½ cup Tightly packed Cilantro
- 1 Green Chilly
- Ginger - small piece
- 1 tsp Black Salt
- ½ tsp Pani Puri Masala Optional
- 1 tsp Chaat Masala
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 3 tbsps Lemon Juice
- 2 cups Water + 3 tbsps
- 3-4 tbsps Boondi
For the Potato Mix
- 3 Small Potatoes
- 2 tbsps Cilantro Chopped
- ¼ tsp Amchur Powder
- ¼ tsp Red Chilli Powder
Instructions
Prep-Work
- Chop the cilantro and onions. Keep the pooris ready and also the sev and sweet chutney. If required, dilute the sweet chutney as per your preference.
- Wash the mint leaves and chip ginger.
Steps
Preparing Kala Channa
- Soak the kala channa over night and pressure cook them for up to 3 whistles by adding ¼ tsp of salt and with 2 cups of water. For this recipe you need about ¼ to ½ cup of cooked channa. But with the remaining, you can always prepare kala channa chaat. (recipe coming soon)
Preparing the Potato Mix
- Microwave the potatoes in potato mode and let it cool. Then peel the skin and mash them down. Cook potatoes as per your preference. I always microwave them.
- To this mashed pototes, add the chopped cilantro, red chili powder and amchur powder and mix well.
- Set this aside.
Preparing Pani Puri Chutney
- Grind all the ingredients given under “for pain puri chutney” by adding 3 tbsps of water. Adjust salt and spice as per your preference.
- Then add dilute this chutney with 2 cups of water and add boondhi to this. (I usually save about 2 tbsps of this chutney for my dahi sev puri too)
Assembling and Serving
- As I mentioned in the intro, I usually keep all the condiments and fillings separately and let my guest to add accordingly. But here is what I do for myself,
- Take as much as pooris you want. (I took 8 in one plate).
- Poke them in the middle with a fork and make sure you don’t break the pooris.
- Now fill it with ½ tbsp of kala channa and then with potato mix.
- Then add the raw onions, sweet chutney and the sev.
- Just before gobbling, add as much as the pani puri water.
- Enjoy the bursting flavors :-)
Notes
- Adjust the spices and salt as per your preference.
- I add store bought pani puri masala to my chutney for additional flavor. Jal jeera masala can be used too.
- The filling can be done in any order.
- I didn’t add any salt for my potato filling but you can add it too.
- How I serve for kid: for kiddo, I skip raw onions and kala channa too. I only add potato mix, sweet chutney and sev. He likes the mild pani puri water so I add about 2 tsps of it. :-)
Nutrition
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
Pani puri is such a classic chaat. Looks so inviting.
Thanks a lot Pavani.
That is my favorite chaat recipe. Perfectly made Srividhya!!
Thanks a lot Smruti
I want to grab that plate from the screen!! So beautifully presented, wish we stay near by , so I can invite myself for a chat party in your place ?
Oh yeah anytime, come over let’s have a gala time.
Love these cute looking Golgappas :)
:-) Thanks Sharmila.
Love the setting and your presentation of this classic chaat.
Thanks a lot Suma.
pani puri is one such thing that I can never resist. Whenever I go out I never miss gulping down a plate of pani puri. you have tempted me enough to have it right now :)
same with me too.. irresistible. Thanks much Ritu.
aren’t we ALL at bm glad u picked up this theme ? gorgeous looking pani puris.. a party favourite am sure .. in mumbai they add mashed ragda instead of channa and that makes it super yummy too :)
he he he.. Thanks a lot Kalyani.oh wows rada in pani puri sounds great..
I want a ton of these as my dinner. Yum
Thanks :-)
I am drooling over the pics and want to gorge on these right away !
:-) Thanks Vaishali
Oh my ! so tempting and mouthwatering paani puri chaat platter.LOVE IT
Thanks Sapana.
Superb presentation and very tempting too. Love it to bits.
Thanks a lot Harini.
Pani Puris are sure a welcome at my place anytime. Yours look irresistible.
:-) Thanks
Beautiful post on pani puri
Thanks Ann and welcome here.
Same pinch, this is my all time favorite chaat!! I am always ready for this chaat anytime of the day!
:-) Thanks Usha
Such a delight to have pani pooris :D
:-) :-) Thanks CH.
The entire setup looks too good to pass!..what a feast yaar..
Thanks a lot Valli.
Lovely chaat
Thanks Anu.
You are just tempting me with that pani puri plate. I so miss eating this on the road side and I am just drooling :)
:-) Come over here.. Thanks sandhya
This is my fav chat and my mom used to make the tastiest pani puri. Love the arrangement and I so love to grab a few puris off screen..
Thanks a lot Gayathri.
Wow, wow, yes am wowwwing here, who can resist to this lipsmacking pani puri. Wish i get that plate rite now.
Thanks a ton Priya. :-) I wish I could send some.