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Dabeli Gujarati burgur recipe

Dabeli

Dabeli is a popular street food originating from the Kutch region of Gujarat. It is a sweet and spicy potato mixture stuffed into a ladi pav (a soft bread roll), and then garnished with roasted peanuts, pomegranate seeds, and sev (crispy gram flour noodles)
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Appetizer, gujarati nasto, Side Dish
Cuisine: Gujarati, vegetarian
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2-3 dried red chilies
  • 1- inch cinnamon stick
  • 2-3 cloves
  • 1 star anise
  • 2-3 large potatoes boiled, peeled, and mashed
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon prepared Dabeli masala
  • 2 tablespoons tamarind-date chutney
  • Salt to taste
  • 8 ladi pav or small burger buns
  • Butter for toasting
  • Tamarind-date chutney
  • Garlic-chili chutney
  • ½ cup masala peanuts roasted peanuts mixed with a little oil and chili powder
  • ½ cup finely chopped onion
  • ½ cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1 cup fine sev

Equipment

  • Pan or kadai for the filling
  • Potato masher
  • Tawa or flat griddle
  • Spatula

Method
 

Prepare the Dabeli Masala: Dry roast all the masala ingredients until fragrant. Let them
  1. cool and grind into a fine powder.
  2. Prepare the Filling: Heat oil in a pan. Add the chopped onion and sauté until translucent.
  3. Add the prepared Dabeli masala and sauté for a minute.
  4. Add the mashed potatoes, tamarind-date chutney, and salt. Mix everything well and cook
  5. for 2-3 minutes. Let the filling cool down.
  6. Assemble the Dabeli: Take a pav and slit it horizontally, keeping one edge joined.
  7. Spread tamarind-date chutney on one inner side and garlic-chili chutney on the other.
  8. Stuff a generous amount of the potato filling inside the pav.
  9. Press the outer edges of the stuffed pav into the masala peanuts, sev, and pomegranate
  10. seeds to coat them.
  11. Heat a tawa and melt some butter.
  12. Toast the prepared dabeli on the tawa on both sides until it's light brown and crisp.
  13. Serve immediately.

Notes

You can buy ready-made Dabeli masala from most Indian grocery stores.
● The combination of sweet (tamarind chutney, pomegranate), spicy (garlic chutney,
masala), and crunchy (peanuts, sev) elements is key to a good Dabeli.
● Toast the pav just before serving to keep it crisp.