Dahi batata puri or Dahi puri is the quintessential Mumbai street food which satiates your chaat cravings instantly. Sweet, savoury, crunchy, and delicious dahi batata puri is the quick go-to snack for the Yummefy kitchen’s hunger-hour.
Our dahi batata puri recipe is also a great snack if kids like to help out in the kitchen as there is no cooking involved. Check out our easy dahi batata puri recipe and make your snack time a quick and easy family project – with delicious results in no time at all.
To make the best dahi batata puri , you will need puris (pani puri or golgappa shells), cold whipped yogurt or dahi, and boiled potatoes or batata. The trio of dahi, batata, and puris come together to form the name of this irresistible dish. To proceed with this easy dahi batata puri recipe, you will also require tamarind and date sweet chutney or meetha chutney, spicy hari chutney or teekha chutney, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder, and the thinnest variety of sev or nylon sev as it is known.
We recommend making the tamarind and date sweet chutney and the spicy hari chutney in advance using our recipes (the chutneys can be stored safely in the freezer for up to 2 months), as you will then be able to get your dahi batata puri ready in a jiffy.
Dahi batata puri Mumbai style uses the puri (pani puri or golgappa shell) as a crispy vehicle for an explosion of flavours and textures in your mouth: chilled creamy whipped dahi (whipping ensures you get a creamy texture so do not skip this step), sweet and sour date and tamarind, spicy and herbal green chutney, boiled potatoes with a soft yet firm texture, flavourful spice powders, and crunch from the brittle nylon sev. This is a great dish for everybody who loves flavour, and especially for those who have low tolerance for super spicy pani puri or water-filled golgappas.
This recipe can be easily made vegan by adding sprouts, onions, tomatoes and lime and omitting the yogurt altogether. Or one can use vegan yogurt instead of regular yogurt and proceed with the same recipe.
Though dahi batata puri Mumbai style is essentially a street food dish, it is healthier if made in the clean environment of a home kitchen as you have complete control over the quality of the ingredients used. Yogurt is probiotic and contains good bacteria which are helpful in gut health and digestion. Coriander not only improves the taste of the dahi batata puri but contains Vitamins A and C as well.
Since this recipe has deep fried golgappas, sev, and sweet chutney, it is not advisable for diabetics and weight-watchers. If you are making this for kids, you can omit the red chilli powder and make a less spicy version of the teekha hari chutney or omit it altogether to suit their palate.
Any kind of chaat is best eaten with hands. Dahi Batata Puri is best popped in the mouth whole to savour the true sweet and spicy flavours of this delectable chaat.
Our easy dahi batata puri can be served as a 4 pm snack or a party appetizer. For a weekend treat, make this dahi batata puri for your Sunday lunch chaat party along with other chaat like Papdi Chaat, Kulle Chaat, Bhel Puri, Stuffed Aloo ki Tikki, Matar Kulcha, and Palak ki Chaat. Assemble all the ingredients in one place and get the kids to make dahi batata puris for you. They can hardly go wrong with this and they will get to explore their inner chef while making this delectable snack.
To garnish the dahi sev batata puri, sprinkle the stuffed puris with a generous helping of nylon sev (thin sev), a handful of finely chopped fresh green coriander, and an additional (optional) sprinkle of chaat masala if you like. You could also add an additional drizzle of meetha chutney.
The crisp shell of the dahi puri gets soggy once in contact with any liquid such as the yogurt or dahi. So, make dahi batata puri just before serving to ensure that you and your guests have the best experience possible with all the textures as intended. This is not a dish that should be assembled in advance. We suggest stuffing the puri on the table just before eating.
Use our dahi batata puri recipe as a starting points and try variations. One is using most of the same ingredients on papdis and make a sev puri instead omitting the puri and the yogurt.
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