Me:"Bhaiyyaji Theen Ragda Pattice, meetha zyada" Bhaiyya Super Happy be Like: "Babyji, TheenPlate???"Me: "I don't eat so much ok Bhaiyya Insult mathkarna...Sirf Theen piece chahiye"Bhaiyya Super Mad at me be Like "Toh barabarbolo na SINGLE Theen chahiye" BOLTI BANDH ...BHAIYYA WONThis is me all the time irritating the Chaatwala bhaiyya 😊I miss all the Street fun here in Dubai. Making do with making these at Home for now, sadly without any extra added flavours(if you know what I mean) Ragda Pattice is My Momsy’s favourite Chaat.
2 Medium sized Potatoes(peeled, washed and boiled tillcompletely soft)
½ Tspn Cumin Seed powder
A pinch of Turmeric powder
A pinch of Kashmiri Chilly Powder
½ tspn salt
½ tspn corn flour
For the Ragda
1/2 cup dried white peas(soaked over night in water)
2 cups water
½ tspn salt
½ tspn cumin powder
¼ tspn Turmeric powder
¼ tsn Kasmiri chilly powder
Ingredients for the Meetha Chutney
¼ Cup Tamarind(without seeds)
15 Medium sized Dates(de seeded)
½ Cup Jaggery(you can add more if you like)
2 Tbspn Sugar(optional)
1 Tspn Cumin Seeds(dry roasted & crushed into a powder)
½ Tspn Fennel Seeds(dry roasted & crushed into a powder)
½ Tspn Red Chilly Powder
½ Tspn Black Salt
½ Tspn Ginger Powder
4 cups water
Ingredients for the Spicy Green Chutney
6 Green Chillies
½ Cup Fresh Coriander
½ Cup Mint Leaves
½ Tspn Salt
1 inch Ginger
1/4 tspn Cumin seeds
Ingredients for the Spicy Red Chutney
10 Kashmiri chillies(soaked in 1.5 Cups Hot Water for 1hour)
6 Garlic cloves(roughly chopped)
½ Tspn Salt
1 Tbspn Water(for grinding the chutney)
Other Ingredients for the Ragda Pattice
1 small Onion chopped fine
3-4 sprigs of fresh coriander chopped fine
Juice of 1 small Lemon
Nylon Sev or Crushed Papdi
Ingredients for the Papdi Puris
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
½ Tspn Salt
1 Tbspn Oil
¼ Tspn Caraway seeds (Ajwain) - optional
¼ Tspn Cumin seeds (Jeera) - optional
Oil for Deep frying
Water for kneading the dough
Ingredients for the Sev
3 Tbspn Rice Flour
1 Tbspn Semolina
¼ Tspn Turmeric powder
1 Tbsp oil
1.5 Tbspn Water
Instructions
Follow these steps to make the Meetha Chutney
Soak the Dates and Tamarind in 3 Cups of Water for about 30Minutes
Boil this mixture until the dates and tamarind becomes soft and the mixture turns thick
Grind the Dates and Tamarind to a smooth fine paste and strain it using a strainer
Mix the Jaggery and remaining 1 cup water into the Date and Tamarind mixture and cook it until the jaggery completely melts
Then add the Cumin powder, Fennel Powder, Red Chilly powder,Black salt and Ginger powder and stir it wellNote: At this stage if you feel you want your chutney sweeter, you can add the sugar
Also, by adding red chilly powder, and all the other spices into the Meetha chutney, it will elevate the flavour of the chutney
Continuously stir the chutney and allow it to boil until it turns thick.
Once it turns thick, you can decide at what consistency to turn the heat off. Here the choice is yours.
Meetha chutney is ready. Keep it aside to cool. Once it comes down to room temperature, you can keep it in the refrigerator
Follow these steps to make the Spicy Green Chutney
Make a smooth paste of all the ingredients mentioned under the ingredients list
Follow these steps to make the Spicy Red Chutney
In a Mixer grinder add the Soaked chillies, garlic and salt and grind using water little by little to a smooth thick consistency
Follow these steps to make Papdi Puris
In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients
Add the oil and mix well
Then knead all this into a dough by adding water little by little
Cover the dough and Let it rest for 15-20 minutes
Make a Big ball and roll it into a thin sheet
With the help of a fork, randomly pierce the sheet all acrossNote: Piercing the discs will help the puris/papdi remain flat and will prevent it from puffing up in the oil
Using a round cutter, cut circles
In a skillet heat oil for deep frying
Once the oil turns hot, fry the discs in batches until light brown or when it stops bubbling in the oil, it means the papdis are readyNote: The oil has to be on medium heat. If the Oil is hot,there are chances of the papdis puffing up.
Follow these steps to make the Sev
In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients
Then add the oil a and water and knead it into a dough
Heat Oil in a skillet on medium flame
Grease the Sev Maker with Oil and stuff the Sev maker with some of the Sev dough
Once the oil turns hot, press the dough down into the hot oil and let it fryNote: I’ve made it using my Garlic crusher
Once the oil stops bubbling, remove the sev on a kitchen paper towel to drain off all the extra oil
Once the Sev cools at room temperature, the Sev is ready to use. You can crush and sprinkle it as you like!My Exciting little Sev Innovation Story that was a Huge success,so I’m sharing it here 😊: The traditional Sev is usually made using Gram flour.I’ve tried making Sev with Gram flour, but it’s always been a total disaster. This time when I tried adding rice flour and semolina to the gram flour mixture, I noticed it was getting a little better while frying, but still a disaster. That’s how I decided to make the Sev with Rice flour and Semolina and skipped the Gram flour and yayyyy it worked! Since I don’t have a Sev maker, I made the sev using my Garlic crusher! So cool right! You can also make it with a ginger grater, it’s just that it doesn’t become extremely fine but these were my lock down inventions! Hahaha.. I had no choice. If you’re using a Garlic crusher, you will have to grease the crusher with oil first and then continue making the Sev. The pic that you see is where I’ve used the ginger grater and this is the one with gram flour in it.
Follow these steps to make the Ragda
After the white peas have soaked over night, drain off all the water, wash the white peas again and transfer it into a cooker
Add 2 cups of water and with ½ tspn salt and put the cooker lid on and let the peas cook on medium heat till about 4-6 whistles have released
Release all the steam from the cooker and only then take off the cooker lid Safety Tip: Please be very careful while opening the cooker lid because if the steam isn’t released fully, there are chances of the lid exploding and there could be a kitchen accident.
Add some Cumin seed powder, turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt if required and boil the ragda on high heat until it turns a little thick. Keep it asideNote: The fun in Ragda pattice is when the ragda is nice and mushy. So ensure that the peas are soft when you turn the cooker off. If the peas are still firm, cook it further until it turns soft
Follow these steps to make the Pattice
In a bowl, transfer the Boiled Potato and Mash it with the back of a fork or with a Potato Masher. If you wish, you can mash it with your hand too
Add some Cumin Seed powder, Salt, Turmeric Powder, Chilly Powder and Corn Flour to the mashed potato and mix it well
In a Pan, heat some Oil on medium heat
Once the oil is hot, make 6 equal sized discs of the Potato mix and place them into the pan
Fry the Potato pattice for about 5 minutes on each side or until it gets a nice crisp golden colour on both sides and place it on Kitchen Paper napkins to drain off the extra oil
Now assemble the Ragda Pattice
In a Plate, add the Potato discs, pour some Ragda, pour the chutneys as per your preference( I'm team MEETHA ZYADA) , some chopped onion, chopped coriander, lemon juice and finish it off with some Sev or Crushed Papdi Puri! Yummmmm!
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