Dabeli Recipe , How To Make Dabeli, Kutchi Dabeli

Pav buns stuffed with spicy mashed potato with toppings -A very popular street food from Gujarat

Dabeli is a very popular street food of Gujarat ,Its origin is from Kutch so it is also popular as Kutchi Dabeli. It is quite easy to make and is very delicious so now becoming popular all over India.  Basically it is a pav sandwich stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes.

A very flavourfu lspice mix- Dabeli masala is a must to make this this ,rest all the ingredients are easily available at home.Dabeli masala can also be made at home but good quality ready made Dabeli masala is also easily available in the market so you can use that too.

It is a close cousin of Vada pav ,  batata vada  and Mumbai Pav bhaji , all these street foods are spicy and potato and pav are must in all these recipes.

Date and tamarind chutney is also a main ingredient to make the Dabeli ,don’t skip adding this chutney as it gives a nice tangy taste . Soft Pav buns should be used to make this but you can substitute it with burger buns if laadi pav is not available .

To make Dabeli first a spicy potato mixture is made and then it is layered  over the pav buns .Then roasted masala peanuts are put over the potato mixture. Pomegranate pearls and gram flour sev are set as garnish over the peanuts .you can also apply tamarind chutney on the pav before applying potato mixture.Can also mix peanuts and pomegranate pearls with the potato mixture to make the assembling easier.You can adjust the spice level as per your preference but usually it is little sweet and spicy in taste and the texture of the potato mixture is slightly soft ,dont make it too dry.

dabeli Dabeli-a popular street food from Gujarat

• Coursesnacks/starters, Tiffin recipes
• CuisineGujarati Cuisine

Prep Time

10minutes

Cook Time

10minutes

Prep Time 10minutes

Cook Time 10minutes

Ingredients

• 5medium Potatoes / Alooboiled
• 6tbsp Tamarind chutney /Imli ki chutney
• 5tsp dabeli masala
• 3tsp Red chili powder
• 3.5tbsp oil
• 1tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
• 1/3tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
• 2tsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Rasoptional
• 3/4cup Nylon sev/besan sev
• 3/4cup Pomegranate pearls /Anar ka dana
• 4tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
• 5tbsp Green chutney (thick)optional
• 3/4cup Water / Paani
• 12 Pav buns

Masala peanuts

• 1CUP Peanuts / Moongphali (Roasted)
• 1/2TSP Red chili powder
• 1/2tsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder
• 1.5tbsp Cooking Oil
• saltto taste

Instructions

1. peel the boiled potatoes and mash them.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin and asafotida.
3. Now add tamarind chutney, red chili powder and the mashed potatoes and mix well.
4. Now add dabeli masala, salt and about 1/2 cup water and mix well
5. You may need to add little more water as it depends on the quality of potatoes.the mixture should be smooth in texture, not too dry.so add water accordingly
6. Switch off the heat and add chopped coriander in it and mix.
7. HOW TO MAKE MASALA PEANUTS-
8. Heat oil in a pan and add peanuts in it.
9. Shallow fry the peanuts on low heat till they star to crackle and become golden in color.
10. Drain the peanuts on a paper napkin and add salt ,chili powder and mango powder and mix well.
11. ASSEMBLING OF DABELI-
12. Slit open the pav and apply little tamarind chutney on one portion.
13. Take3-4 tbsps of potato mixture and apply on the pav .
14. Now put some maslaa peanuts over the potato mixture,the quantity of peanuts again depends on your preference.
15. Top it with some pomegrante pearls and fine besan sev .
16. Cover it with other top slice of pav and serve

Recipe Notes

Note-

1. You can add grated cheese over the potato mixture to make cheese Dabeli
2. can apply some green chutney on one slice for a fresh minty taste.

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