How to Make Perfect Sweet and Sour Gol Gappay: English – Urdu Recipe

Perfect Sweet and Sour Gol Gappay (Pani Puri)

Ingredients for making Gol Gappay:

1. Semolina – ½ cup
2. Wheat flour – 2 cup
3. Hot oil – 2 tbsp
4. Salt – to taste
5. Oil – for frying

Method:

• Mix semolina, flour, salt, and oil and knead well to make dough with water, bit stiffer than normal.
• Cover it with a wet towel and let it stand for an hour.
• Now roll dough and cut with cookie cutter into small circles.
• Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan and then fry them. The idea is to puff them like a sphere and fry them till golden brown.
• Take them out and put them on kitchen paper towel.
• Let them completely cool down (otherwise they will become soggy) before you put them into an airtight container.

Ingredients for Spicy Water:

1. Tamarind pulp – 1 cup
2. Red chili powder – 1 tbsp
3. Ginger powder – 1 tbsp
4. Ground Cumin Seed (roasted) – 1 tbsp
5. Citric acid – 1 tsp
6. Black Salt – 1 tsp
7. Salt – to taste
8. Water – 1 jug

Method:

• Soak the tamarind pulp in one cup of warm water for one hour.
• Strain the tamarind residue out to get thick tamarind water. While straining in the strainer, mash the tamarind with the help of a spoon.
• Then add red chili powder, ginger powder, roasted cumin seed, citric acid, black salt, 1 jug water and salt, mix well.
• Cook until just boil, then remove from the cooker and let it cool down.
• Put it in the fridge to cool down.

Ingredients for Tamarind Chutney:

1. Tamarind – 1 cup
2. Jaggery – 4 tbsp
3. Ginger powder – 2 tsp
4. Roasted cumin seeds – 1 tsp
5. Black salt – 1 pinch
6. Salt – to taste

Method:

• Remove the seeds from tamarind and soak it in warm water for one hour.
• Then tamarind pulp strain it and add jaggery, ginger powder, roasted cumin powder, black salt and salt, mix well.
• Put the mixture in a pan and heat for 5 minutes on medium heat.
• Remove from heat and let it cool down.
• If consistency is too thick then add a little bit of water.
• On cooling, blend the contents in a blender.

Sweet Dates Chutney:

1. Dates – 1 cup
2. Tomato paste – 4 tbsp
3. Roasted cumin seeds – 1 tsp
4. Brown sugar – 2 to 3 tbsp
5. Vinegar – 2 to 3 tbsp

Cook all ingredients in 2 cup of water. Let it cool down then blend in blender.

For Filling:

1. Boiled Potato – 2 to 3 cut in cubes
2. Boiled chick peas – 1 cup
3. Blended yogurt – 2 cups
4. Chopped tomato – 2
5. Chopped onion – 1

How to Serve:

Poke a small hole in the centre of the Gol Gappay (or Puri). Add some boiled potato small quantity of boiled chickpeas; serve with chopped onion, chopped tomato, tamarind sauce, yogurt, sweet sauce and spicy water. Every one can have with their own choice.