Streetside Indian food recipe - Kachhi/kutchi Dabeli

Streetside Indian Food:

Dabeli is a street-side food, it is also called Kachi Dabeli. Which is popular in most Mumbai and Gujarat but nowadays it is easily available in any city and affordable for anyone. Which is stuffed with mashed potatoes and tastes spicy and mildly sweet to your taste. It is cooked on Tawa. The best thing about this snack is that it can be prepared quickly, easily, and looks great so anyone can want to taste it. You can eat at any time of the day such as breakfast time, mealtime, snack time, or dinner time. You can make this delicious kachi dabeli recipe to bring together for your family for a birthday party, kitty party, and any small event.

Ingredients: 

For Dabeli Spice:

• 3-4 Chili
• 1 tbsp fennel
• big piece of cinnamon
• 3-4 clove
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tbsp coriander

For Dabeli stuffing:

• 2 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tbsp cumin
• 1/2 tbsp asafoetida
• 1/2 tbsp ginger pieces
• 1 tbsp green chili pieces
• 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
• salt
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 3-4 potatoes

For Dabeli making:

• Bread
• sweet chutney
• garlic chutney
• Finely chopped pieces of onion
• spice peanuts
• pomegranate seeds
• nylon shave

Procedure:

For Dabeli Spice:

1. Put the pan on the heat and when it gets hot add 3-4 red chilies, 1 tbsp fennel, a big piece of cinnamon, 3-4 clove, 1 tbsp cumin, 1 tbsp coriander.
   
2. Roast it for 3-4 minutes until its color changed to golden.
3. It will also start crackle and it gives out an aroma, do not over roast it otherwise it will burn. 
4. Then transfer all the ingredients in a small blender and grind it until it becomes a fine powdered mixture.
   
5. Now dry spice is ready.

For Dabeli Stuffing:

1. Now take medium size 3-4 potatoes, boil it, remove the skin of potatoes, and put it aside to cool.
2. When it become cool then mash it using a masher or using hands.
3. Heat 1-2 tbsp oil, add 1/2 tbsp cumin in it.
   
4. As soon as cumin start crackle add 1/2 tbsp asafoetida, 1/2 tbsp ginger pieces, 1 tbsp finely cut green chilies.
5. Mix it slightly and add 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder next add dabeli dry spice which we made.
6. cook it for some time(2-3 minutes) do not overcook it. 
7. Now add boiled and mashed potato, add some salt, and 1 tbsp lemon juice.
   
8. Mix it entire together, add little sugar and 2 tbsp water on top, mix and mash it.
9. This is soft mixture is almost ready, now add fresh coriander leaves. 
10. This is the basic stuffing of dabeli is ready.

Procedure for making Dabeli:

1. Now take a bread (pav) cut it into middle, do not separate it into two parts. Now apply butter both sides.
   
2. Toast the bread both sides well on pan. (do not toast it too much)
   
3. Spread garlic chutney on one side of bread and spread sweet chutney on another side of bread. Then put a thick layer of stuffing on it.
   
4. Spread some finely cut pieces of onion, spice peanuts, pomegranate seeds.
5. Finally sprinkle some dry dabeli spice and some coriander leaves.
   
6. Add some nylon shave on it for crispy taste.
7. Cover it nicely and taste it.
   

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