My craziness for
tandoor & Indian street food goes a long way back. The craziness for
tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, the breads and my love for Pani Puri and Sev Puri
made me come up with the crazy idea for this creation. My love for both gives
me the chills sometimes! So, one day on my way to work, I thought, "what
the hell, let's come up with a dish that combines my love for both these
dishes." There would be nothing better than making a dish that combines
the flavours of the street with a hint of smokiness and spiciness you get from.
So I said to myself, "what would be good? A bhel that contains crisp
puffed rice, potatoes, spices, and chutneys or would a sev puri be
better?"
I decided bhel
would go perfect since it gave me more room to play with the dish.
In the the mix!!! |
I haven't
dismissed the idea of making a tandoori chicken sev puri though, and that's my
next attempt on the wonderful craze of Indian street food i have got recently...
And so began the
craziness!
So to begin with
the dish, i firstly looked into the original dish; the ingredients that go in
it and after that, I decided to redesign it up with my creation. I decided to
add the regular stuff that goes into a bhel, and some other stuff that would
make it different to make it a tandoori bhel. The chutney was going to be made
using a tandoori marination that was used to marinate the chicken. So, I cooked
the marination in oil until all the spices were cooked and gave it that
tandoori smell and smokiness. With a touch of water and oil, I adjusted the
consistency of the chutney. I also decided to add some mustard oil and of
course the main highlight was the tandoori chicken with its smokiness and charness.
I then gathered all the ingredients and it was time to re-invent this street food!
I mixed my crispy rice puff with boiled potatoes, mustard oil, onions, thin
sev, finely chopped cilantro, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and to bring
everything together...I couldn't forget the two main things, one was the
chicken, and the other was the tandoori chutney. I then added a little bit of
spicy chana dal.
Old skul with a twist!!!! |
There was only one way i was gone serve this street food, even though it
was a bit fancy than your regular, I did not want to serve it on a plate or
glass, hence, I told Bhavika; one of my best servers (can't disclose real name
due to political reasons), to get me some paper from old magazines. Made a cone
out of the old paper and filled it with the bhel. I garnished it with a little
bit of chopped coriander and gave a puri to scoop out the bhel. Made little
cones and gave the entire staff of the restaurant to try out my new experiment.
My
God, what a re-invention of something so simple, or I'd rather say what a great
twist to the old school street food we all crave for. I hope you guys enjoyed
reading this post as much as I did while writing it. So get your butt and go
make some for yourself, and enjoy! You could also make it with paneer if
you're a vegetarian, or could add your own little twist to the dish! Do let me
know how it turned out!!
Ciao!
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