Preparation Time : 30 minutes
Cooking Time : 5 minutes to deep fry the pain poorie’s . If using ready made pain poorie’s cooking time is nil .
Serving : 8-10 members
Description
Entertaining people through food with uniquely pleasurable dining experience is my hobby . Though it sounds like a hope less hobby , I enjoy feeding people and to touch their hearts through my food . Now this hobby of mine has become an obstacle for me as every time I have to entertain through food the expectation is high . It’s like I have added more pressure on myself through my hobby guaranteeing to impress . So I make sure to add new short cut , rare and unique menus and ideas to any grand feast at home . Like wise having to entertain my hubbies newly wedded niece , I came up with this gol gappa shots idea to add a dash of glamour to the meal . I vaguely remember seeing this done in one of master chef India series long before. Having dried ready made pain poorie’s in hand that’s available in the local market here at my place .( such a genius product , just deep fry these and they pop up to pani poorie’s , drain and store them in air tight containers until to be used ) i knew I had to execute this with a drink in a short glass and the pani puri to be filled with some thing . Just the day before I had tried out a salad dressing from celebrity chef vikki ratnanis cook book which tasted like a chat accomplishment so thought of filling the pani poorie’s with that salad and serve a juice with it . Having fresh oranges in hand added some chat masala powder and black salt to go well with the salad stuffed pani poorie’s that had an Intense burst of salty , citrusy flavours. Served it to the guests at home as a starter and they were all head over heels with this new version of eye popping pani poori with a twist . I happened to meet my hubbies niece a few day before and she told me how her newly wedded hubby raved about the feast at our home to her in – laws which they listened with interest at first ( earning me loads of brownie points :-)) and when the same was repeated over and over again they did get irritated . I did share this recipe with my friend rabia Marliya who had a Diwali thyme cooking competition at her office in Trivandrum . She made ten dishes with which four recipes were from sauté , fry n bake . The most liked dish by the judges was this gol gappa shots . This mighty easy to make old fashioned classic dish has travelled places and gots it’s say every where in a stylish way .
Ingredients
Deep Fried crisp whole pain poorie’s – 8 to 10
Ingredients for the salad
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Red cabbage | 1/4 cup shredded |
| Raw mango | 4 tablespoons peeled and grated |
| Carrots | 4 tablespoons peeled and grated |
| Cucumber | 4 tablespoons grated with skin |
| Beetroot | 4 tablespoons peeled and grated |
Ingredients for salad dressing
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Chat masala | 1 teaspoon |
| Tabasco sauce | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Amchoor powder ( dry raw mango powder ) | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Olive oil | 1 tablespoon |
| Vinegar | 1 tablespoon |
| Honey | 1 tablespoon |
| Salt + pepper | to taste |
Method for salad
- Mix all the ingredients together for the salad dressing .
- Taste and adjust the dressing . Mix in all the veggies for the salad into the dressing .
- Toss well and place in the refrigerator until needed to be served
Ingredients for the orange juice
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Orange juice | from 4 oranges |
| Water | to dilute the juice |
| Sugar | to taste |
| Chat masala powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Cumin powder | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Black salt | 1/8 teaspoon |
| Salt | a pinch |
Method for orange juice
- Mix all the ingredients together until the sugar dissolves . Taste and adjust . Chill in the refrigerator until needed to be served .
Assembling
- Take one fully puffed up pain poori . Break it in the middle on one side to get a hole in the centre .
- Fill the dent with chilled salad . Do the same to all the pain poorie’s and salad . Pour orange juice 3/4 level into the short glasses .
- Place salad filled gol gappas over each glass and serve immediately .
Notes
1, Fill the pain poorie’s with salad just before serving or else the poorie’s get soggy .
2 , make the orange juice half an hour before serving . If made in advance before it tends to get a bitter taste into the juice .
