DABELI OR KUTCHI DABELI

Dabeli or Kutchi dabeli or Double roti is a snack food of India.  Originated from the Kutch region of Gujarat, it is a spicy  street food and a snack item with a cup of hot  tea or coffee. It is  made with boiled potatoes mixed with the dabeli masala, garlic chutney, date tamarind chutney then put in the Pav or Bun garnished with nylon sev, onion, roasted masala peanuts.

In Maharashtra, the Vada Pav is famous, similarly, in Gujarat, this delicious dish is famous.  It is not only famous in Gujarat, but in other parts of India also.

If you have the chutney items and masala ready at home, it is an easy dish to make at home.

Let us have a look at the recipe now:

Dabeli

 Ingredients

How to make Masala

1 red chilli

1 tsp coriander seeds

½ “ stick cinnamon (dalchini)

2 cloves (lavang)

¼ tsp cumi seeds (jeera)

¼ tsp amchur powder.
1 tbsp dry coconut grated

Or you get ready made dabeli masala  which can also be used.

For The Filling

 1 cup boiled and mashed potatoes ( i used three medium size potatoes)

½ tsp cumin seeds

1 pinch of asfoetida

3 tsp dabeli masala (ready made one) or as per taste.

2 tbsp khajur imli ki chutney (date tamarind sweet chutney)

2 tbsp oil

Salt to taste

Normal Pav/Burger buns/Dabeli pav 

Butter for roasting the buns/pav

For serving:

½ cup roasted masala peanuts

½ cup chopped coriander (hara dhania)

½ cup nylon sev (very thin sev)
onion chopped,  Pomegranate seeds, garlic  chutney   and  date tamarind chutney as required.

Method

Making dabeli masala

Roast all the ingredients in a pan for 1 to 2  minutes or till the aroma you get.   Cool down and grind to a fine powder in a blender.  

                                                                OR

Use the Ready made dabeli masala which you get in the market.

For the filling

Heat the oil in a pan.  Add the cumin seeds. Now  add the asafoetida, dabeli masala (as required)  potato, salt  and saute for few minutes.  Add  ½ cup of water and mix well.  Remove from the fire, add  2 tablespoons of khajur imli ki chutney and mix well.  Transfer it into a plate and allow to set. 

Put some chopped onion, pomegranate  seeds, grated coconut, fresh grapes, apple, bits of pineapple etc.  on top of it.  Since this is a very spicy item, the above fruits are added to get some sweetness and flavor.

 

To proceed further

Slice the burger buns  or dabeli pav or the  normal pav into halves.  Put some garlic chutney, sweet chutney on both the sides of the pav.

Place a portion of the filling on the lower half of each bun. Then put chopped onion, peanuts, coriander, sev, pomegranate seeds. If you wish, can put some  fresh garlic chutney and khajur imli ki chutney again. 



Heat a pan, put some butter on it.  Cook the pav filled with masala on both the sides  soft or till crisp  according to your choice. Dip on the sev again,if you wish and serve hot.

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